| Mansbach always notes examples of provincialism, where artists just did not know what was happening outside the borders of their country. |
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| An eschatological vision of the world may offer an alternative way out of the impasse of provincialism and confessionalism. |
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| This identity has its roots in fear rather than pride and its fruits are conformity, provincialism and a jivey new anti-intellectualism. |
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| Although the Kentucky native is now a devoted Texan, Mills shuns provincialism in his work. |
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| Conservative reaction, like socialist internationalism, was distinctly un-English in its lack of provincialism. |
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| I also want to make it clear that there is no room for provincialism, cliques or personal prejudices in the national side. |
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| This attitude condemns Sydney, with all its potential for stylish metropolitanism, to dozy provincialism. |
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| Scout Finch was so caught up in small town provincialism that she regarded a Cunningham as socially inferior. |
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| It is entirely possible that conservative policies will lead to more cultural regionalism and provincialism. |
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| Strong uniformity in Permian ammonoid biostratigraphy and provincialism between Xinjiang and Pamir is suggested. |
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| Each exhibit suggests that some of the provincialism that has characterized the Canadian art world in the past may someday be sloughed off. |
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| The absence of any European and North American genera of stricklandioids is a strong indication of pentameride provincialism in South China. |
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| Early Permian lagenides do not exhibit marked provincialism, but there is evidence for paleolatitudinal control on assemblages. |
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| Could the United States shake off its provincialism and develop a true civilization worthy of its European heritage? |
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| It's the height of provincialism to assume that nations only act because they're pushed one way or another by America or Europe. |
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| Unlike in America, provincialism doesn't equate to lack of culture here. |
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| As I got to know the art world, I was shocked by its provincialism. |
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| Genuine concern for regional interests in national polity was dubbed as negative provincialism by the central government. |
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| The provincialism and individualism that have stigmatized us for many years do not die easily. |
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| The Conference provides such a forum, thus avoiding the tendency toward provincialism while still taking local needs seriously. |
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| Hence, confreres should overcome any attitude of provincialism, which closes them within the limits of their own Units. |
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| Instead of passing off urban provincialism as cosmopolitan chic, or rural provincialism as ancient culture, let's have a hard look at what we have to sell. |
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| Like Bush, he is widely regarded as a philistine and intellectually limited man, whose pomposity and sense of self-importance are exceeded only by his provincialism. |
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| The parochial provincialism of mindless Eurocentrism has distorted the history of civilization as originating in Greece while summing up India's contribution in a line or two. |
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| Aitken professes to be astounded by both the explanation and the corresponding public response, considering them examples of invincible American provincialism. |
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| But given the partisanship and intense provincialism of the Czech Republic, any president who bucks the system and is as cosmopolitan as Havel would face difficulties. |
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| Because distinctive provincialism of belemnites prevailed until the Barremian-Aptian, other factors such as temperature may have also played an important role. |
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| The pattern of Ashgill brachiopod provincialism can be traced back to the early Caradoc during the major global sea level rise and marine transgression. |
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| A third dominant characteristic, probably linked with his provincialism and his romanticism, made itself felt. |
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| Provincialism was of his essence and English Midland provincialism at that, than which there is none more introverted. |
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| However, some media professionals and even some members of the public fear that regional news encourages provincialism. |
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| In his awed provincialism Grimshaw failed to realise that as a painter he could outdo all three so long as he kept to his own landscapes and townscapes. |
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| My short-sightedness has no logic, folks, except provincialism. |
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| No speechifying, no debates, no scolding of American provincialism, just a welcome view of what the rest of the world is reading. |
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| But insularity or provincialism in the literary community, he said, is nothing to sneer at. |
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| I become very concerned when members of the third party sow the seeds of parochial provincialism day in and day out and try to sow the seeds of discontent from one region to another region. |
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| The MOST programmehascontributed to discontinue the tendency of a certain regional provincialism and an overconcentration of agenda-settingand research designing in a very few countries. |
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| At least for the moment. For somebody like me, Portuguese, genuine European, used to the relative provincialism from small cities in the old continent, the visual shock is immediate and inevitable. |
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| On the other, a small group of equally bigoted French-speaking Canadians have played on the genuine grievances of their compatriots to encourage a narrow and anti-social provincialism. |
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| Harald Wolff long ago gave up Berlin's narrow provincialism for Paris an its liberty which proved disastrous for many artists as there, criticism is biting and the pressure of competition immense. |
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| Cosmopolitan in outlook, he did much to counteract Dutch provincialism by publicizing the works of the French writers André Gide and André Malraux. |
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| He blamed American provincialism for the seizure of the October issue of The Little Review. |
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| Permian fusulines also developed a remarkable provincialism by which fusulines can be grouped into six domains. |
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| Its champions turned their backs firmly on the narrow provincialism of 19th-century Italian art and promised instead to overthrow everything academic. |
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| He believed that the federal government was not just a passive repository of good practice, but an active promoter of constitutional rights against narrow and backward provincialism. |
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| For years now we have recognised that individualism and provincialism prevent growth, and contrast with the fraternal dimension of our charism, but we have not managed to escape them. |
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| That the play continues to have this effect has as much to do with the provincializing tactics of the editorial tradition as it does with the provincialism of Shakespeare. |
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