provincialize
/prəˈvɪnʃəˌlaɪz/
verb
- To make something provincial in character, outlook, or style; to cause to become narrow or unsophisticated.
- Some critics argue that the media's focus on local news tends to provincialize public debate.
- The new policies threatened to provincialize the university by cutting international programs.
- The company's decision to hire only from the local area began to provincialize its workforce.
- To bring under the control or influence of a province or regional authority.
- They voted to provincialize the school system, giving more power to local boards.
- The plan would provincialize the energy grid, splitting it into regional networks.
- The government moved to provincialize the administration of national parks.
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