provincial

adj.眼光狭隘的;adj.乡下的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
provincial (noun)
1.
the superior of a of a Roman Catholic religious order - province
2.
one living in or coming from a province
3.
a) a person of local or restricted interests or outlook
b) a person lacking urban polish or refinement
provincial (adjective)
1.
of, relating to, or coming from a - province
2.
a) limited in outlook - narrow
b) lacking the polish of urban society - unsophisticated
3.
of or relating to a decorative style (as in furniture) marked by simplicity, informality, and relative plainness , especially - french provincial
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
provincial (adjective)
not broad or open in views or opinions
SYNONYMS:
illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded
RELATED WORDS:
inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded; bigoted, intolerant; biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced; brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced ( straightlaced), stuffy; dogmatic ( dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative; limited; hick, unsophisticated
NEAR ANTONYMS:
impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced; freethinking
broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant
provincial (noun)
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
SYNONYMS:
bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
RELATED WORDS:
boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineer
NEAR ANTONYMS:
slicker, smoothy ( smoothie); metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite
cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate
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