deprovincialization

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de- +‎ provincial +‎ -ization

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deprovincialization (uncountable)

  1. The process of ceasing to be provincial or parochial
    • 2015 November 13, Adam Tooze, “‘The German War,’ by Nicholas Stargardt”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      When Goebbels orchestrated his radio simulcast for Christmas 1942, the strains of “Silent Night” could be heard echoing from Lillehammer and Lapland to North Africa and Crete. Stalingrad was the eastern point of a vast continental triangle. This violent and exhilarating deprovincialization was an essential part of the German war experience.

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