All localism synonyms

noun localism

• crudity — the condition or quality of being crude
• idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
• inhumanity — the state or quality of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty.
• atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
• brutality — Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
• cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
• barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
• patois — a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
• vocabulary — the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
• language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
• accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
• idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
• pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
• vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
• lingo — the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
• tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
• jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
• terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
• slang — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
• dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
• locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
• phrase — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
• parlance — a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance.
• coarseness — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
• impropriety — the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
• solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
• vulgarism — vulgar behavior or character; vulgarity.
• misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
• corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
• provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
• catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
• malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
• patter — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
• argot — An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
• cant — a salient angle.
• regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
• style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
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• idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
• talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
• usage — a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
• colloquialism — A colloquialism is a colloquial word or phrase.
• diction — Someone's diction is how clearly they speak or sing.
• speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
• savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
• expression — The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
• misusage — wrong or improper usage, as of words.
• uncivilized — not civilized or cultured; barbarous.
• vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.