parochial

UK /pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/ US /pəˈɹoʊki.əl/
adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Pertaining to a parish.

The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]

The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]

2

Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.

Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.

noun

1

A parochial individual.

If the vast majority of the citizens of our Southeast Asian countries are subjects rather than parochials, the question is: are they also participants?

Australia is divided between cosmopolitans and parochials.

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