regionalism

A paradigm in which the older ideas create the newer religions; for instance the Christian religion.

The messiah is from Ashavism an idea from Iran.

It predates Judaism by more than fifteen hundred years. The reincarnation of the Ashava in Christianity is an example of regionalism at hand.

by metastatic February 9, 2021

regionalism

is a form of discrimination that relates to the region in which a person is from. This is often an issue with people that visit one part of the country and are from another region. The regionalist is often looking at the people that are visiting the area as inferior or having lesser qualities than themselves.

Those dumb fucking rednecks have no goddamn clue on how we do shit in New York. They are just wandering around like a bunch of undeveloped neanderthals looking for their next meal and grunting. The people from New York are exhibiting a severe form of "regionalism." They would be referred to as "regionalist!"

by Cleatus Philiso June 14, 2016

Theory of Regionalism of Material Conditions

The analysis that the economic, technological, and physical resources available to a society—its "material conditions"—are not globally uniform, but are powerfully shaped by regional geography, climate, indigenous species, and historical path dependency. This theory argues you can't understand a region's politics, culture, or conflicts without first understanding what its land can grow, what its mountains hide, and what its rivers can carry. Fate is written in topsoil and ore deposits.

Example: The Theory of Regionalism of Material Conditions explains why the steppe regions of Eurasia, suited to horse pastoralism but not dense agriculture, repeatedly produced nomadic cavalry empires that clashed with the settled, grain-based imperial bureaucracies of China and Europe. The grass literally shaped global history.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 4, 2026

Regionals

They were *this* close.

Person A: "What the hell are regionals?"
Person B: "They were *this* close."

by CommandrMoose September 21, 2020

Regionalist

A person who instead of picking on a race of people, pick on people from a region

Man 1 : (Irish Accent) POTATOES!!!!

Me: Man that guy is such a regionalist

by BlackMushr00m June 24, 2010

Reverse Rationalism

Reverse Rationalism is a stance which is practically incomprehensible that seeks to be the opposite of what classical rationalism is about, it coniders atheism, anti-theism, laicism, state atheism, scientism, materialism, physicalism, positivism/empirism and naturalism as being irrational while it considers theism, anti-atheism, anti-anti-theism, discidism, state spiritualism, state religion, theocracy, anti-scientism / extrascientism, anti-materialism / extramaterialism, extraphysicalism, post-positivism / post-empirism, spiritualism, spirituality, religion, esoterism, occultism and supernaturalism as being rational, it basically believes that everything considered as irrational by reverse rationalism should be countered while everything considered as rational by reverse rationalism should be promoted and even encouraged.

"Reverse Rationalism makes sense, somehow, if we consider what people like the ones on RationalWiki and on Quora actually do, and how several spiritual, esoteric and occultist groups have a lot of good explanations about reality and existence as well."

by Full Monteirism April 22, 2021

Regionacist

A person with views based on region. A lesser extent of racism.
And separation of race.

Southerners dislike New Yorkers because they have no southern hospitality.

HQ: His mom doesn't like me man.
JP: Why is that?
HQ: Just because I'm from a different region.
JP: That's like regionacist!

by JP&HP November 15, 2011