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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PAROCHIALISM

PAROCHIALISM Pa *ro "chi *al *ism, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parochialism

pa ro chi al ism |pəˈrōkēəlˌizəm pəˈroʊkiəlɪzəm | noun a limited or narrow outlook, esp. focused on a local area; narrow-mindedness: accusations of parochialism.

 

Oxford Dictionary

parochialism

parochialism |pəˈrəʊkɪəlɪz (ə )m | noun [ mass noun ] a limited or narrow outlook, especially focused on a local area; narrow-mindedness: accusations of parochialism.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

parochialism

parochialism noun the family crisis that now faced the Lemmons would cause them to question their own parochialism: narrow-mindedness, provincialism, small-mindedness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

parochialism

parochialism noun narrow-mindedness, localism, provincialism, insularity, narrowness, small-mindedness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parochialism

pa r chi al sm 名詞 U 視野の狭さ ; 偏狭 ; 教区制 .