Definition of "provinciality" [pro•vin•ci•al•i•ty]

• See provincialism. (noun)
• Ecology The restriction of the range of a plant or animal population to a province or group of provinces. (noun)

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• "But we have got fixed in our minds that a more full and harmonious development of their humanity is what the Nonconformists most want, that narrowness, one-sidedness, and incompleteness is what they most suffer from; [xix] in a word, that in what we call provinciality they abound, but in what we may call totality they fall short."
• "I have noticed among my Mexican friends a certain provinciality."
• "Though he concedes I lack "provinciality," I must say this sure is pretty fuddlin 'stuff to us boondoctors."