regionalist
Provincial loyalty supporter
A regionalist emphasizes the distinctive character, interests, or autonomy of a particular geographic region.
In politics, regionalists advocate for local governance or resist centralized authority.
In art and literature, regionalists focus on the landscape, customs, and speech of a specific area: The American regionalists painted rural Midwestern scenes.
The term can describe someone's artistic movement or political stance.
Distributing power from center
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- home ruleDelegated local autonomy
federalism · sovereignty · secessionism · localism · provincialism · sectionalism · nationalism · separatism
Visible features of terrain
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- rusticRural and unrefined
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
agrarian · folklore · local color · countryside · native · folk art · muralist · plein air
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dialectRegional language variety
- identityWho someone is
ethnocentrism · cultural preservation · ethnography · homeland · indigenous · folk · parochialism · rootedness
decentralization
Distributing power from center
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- devolutionTransferring power locally
home rule · federalism · sovereignty · secessionism · localism · provincialism · sectionalism · nationalism · separatism · grassroots
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- rusticRural and unrefined
pastoral · agrarian · folklore · local color · countryside · native · folk art · muralist · plein air · Grant Wood
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dialectRegional language variety
identity · ethnocentrism · cultural preservation · ethnography · homeland · indigenous · folk · parochialism · rootedness · belonging
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- art movementsPop Art, pop art, Impressionism, impressionism, Surrealism
regionalistcentralist
Favors unified authority
federalist · unionist · nationalist · statist · integrationist
regionalistnationalist
One prioritizing homeland interests
globalist · cosmopolitan · internationalist · universalist · patriot
regionalism, regionalisms, regionalize, regionalized, regionalistic, regionalization, regionalizing