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[ puh-roh-kee-uh-liz-uhm ] / pəˈroʊ ki əˌlɪz əm /
nouna parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism. Origin of parochialismFirst recorded in 1840–50; parochial + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM parochialismpa·ro·chi·al·ist, nounpa·ro·chi·al·i·za·tion, nounWords nearby parochialismParnell shout, Parnis, parocheth, parochial, Parochial Church Council, parochialism, parochialize, parochial school, parodic, parodist, parodistic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for parochialismAttributing the last four years to either Republicans or Democrats is myopic American parochialism. Who's Fault the Financial Crisis?|Megan McArdle|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Ethanol is a case study of how parochialism trumps progress in Congress. 10 Debt Daredevils|Mark McKinnon|April 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST He preaches, he also displays fine perception of the parochialism of the British political career. They have not lost the quaint simplicity of their parochialism, to become national if not cosmopolitan. The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon
But there had always been a frankly cosmopolitan spirit in Browning,—no touch of parochialism or insularity. A Day with Browning|Anonymous But the time had come when this parochialism of labour in Ireland was to end. Ireland Since Parnell|Daniel Desmond Sheehan It is because of our insecurity and fear that we develop these defensive attitudes of parochialism and churchism. Herein is Love|Reuel L. Howe
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