parochial
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From Anglo-Norman parochial and its source late Latin parochialis, an alteration of paroecialis ‘of a church provice’, from paroecia, from Hellenistic Greek παροικία ‘stay in a foreign land’, later ‘community, diocese’, from Ancient Greek πάροικος ‘neighbouring, neighbour’, from παρα- ‘para-’ + οἶκος ‘house’.
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parochial (comparative more parochial, superlative most parochial)
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- Pertaining to a parish.
- 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
- The United States has been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.
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Pertaining to a parish
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Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns
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