i Register
In some senses, parochial is marked as derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Pertaining to a parish.
The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]
The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]
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
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.