parochialadjective
uk/pəˈrəʊ.ki.əl/us/pəˈroʊ.ki.əl/parochial adjective (OF A CHURCH)
relating to a parish (= an area that has its own church or priest):
parochial boundaries
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Administrative church areas
- archbishopric
- archdiocese
- bishopric
- diocese
- parish
- synod
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UK politics: local government & politics
parochial adjective (LIMITED)
disapproving showing interest only in a narrow range of matters, especially those that directly affect yourself, your town, or your country:
a parochial view/opinion
Although it's just a local paper, it somehow manages not to be too parochial in its outlook.
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Narrow-minded
- be set in your ways idiom
- be wearing blinders idiom
- be wearing blinkers idiom
- blinker
- blinkered
- hidebound
- insular
- intolerance
- intolerant
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- petty
- prim
- prissy
- set
- short-sighted
- strait-laced
- unreconstructed
- unthinking
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parochialism
noun [ U ] uk/pəˈrəʊ.ki.ə.lɪ.zəm/us/pəˈroʊ.ki.ə.lɪ.zəm/disapproving
political parochialism
parochially
adverb uk/pəˈrəʊ.ki.ə.li/us/pəˈroʊ.ki.ə.li/disapproving