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localist

adjective

advocating or supporting the interests of a particular locality

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
L
Ends with
T
Contains
OC
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. advocating or supporting the interests of a particular locality

    “{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': "Other anti-establishment candidates elected in this district were localist camp's Cheng Chung-tai of Civic Passion"}”

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Example Sentences

{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': "Other anti-establishment candidates elected in this district were localist camp's Cheng Chung-tai of Civic Passion"}
{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': 'The rest of the candidates elected in this constituency were young and relatively new activists from the localist camp'}
{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': "Localist group Civic Passion's Wong Yeung-tat was defeated in this district, and resigned his leadership in Civic Passion"}
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