The condition of living on an island, and of being thus cut off or isolated from other people, their ideas, customs, etc.; hence, narrowness of…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [noun] (23) insularity1755 The condition of living on an island, and of being thus cut off or isolated from other people, their ideas, customs, etc.; hence, narrowness of… provinciality1769 gen. The quality or condition of being provincial; the outlook, tastes, character, etc., associated with or attributed to people from the provinces… localism1798 Preference for a particular place or region, esp. that in which one lives; limitation of ideas, sympathies, and interests resulting from this… provincialism1819 Distinctively provincial character; the outlook, manners, tastes, etc., associated with or attributed to a particular province or the provinces as… parish pump1840 The pump supplying water to a parish, esp. regarded as an informal place of meeting and discussion for members of the parish. Hence allusively… parochialism1847 Parochial character or tendency; esp. confinement of one's interests to the local sphere; lack of global perspective; narrowness of view; petty… vestrydom1860 the system of local government by a vestry or vestries; parochial vestries collectively; hence, the parochial narrowmindedness or selfish spirit… vestryism1861 vestrydom. Podsnappery1864 The characteristic behaviour or attitudes of Dickens's Mr Podsnap; insular complacency and blinkered self-satisfaction. parochialness1866 vestryhood1871 = vestrydom n. insularism1880 The quality of being insular, or of having the character which is developed by living on an island detached from free intercourse with other… peninsularity1882 A narrow-minded character or outlook, of the sort supposed to result from living on a peninsula and thus having limited contact with other peoples… parochiality1887 figurative. Parochialism; confinement of one's interests to the local sphere; narrowness of view; lack of global perspective. Also: an instance of… parish pumpery1902 Concern with local matters exclusively, parochialism; (also) people having such concerns collectively (rare). localitis1943 Undue concern for, interest in, or belief in the importance of a local area or local matters; spec. (with reference to diplomats) the tendency to… bourgeois-mindedness1955 Parasynthetic, as bourgeois-minded adj.; also bourgeois-mindedness n. Subcategories:— affairs of (2) — symbol of (1) — person (3) |
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