nonprovincial

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ provincial.

Adjective

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nonprovincial (not comparable)

  1. Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
      Whatever utility the work may have outside of its stated boundaries will be largely because of such a nonprovincial approach.