deparochialize

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ parochialize.

Verb

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deparochialize (third-person singular simple present deparochializes, present participle deparochializing, simple past and past participle deparochialized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become less parochial; to broaden into a more universal and sophisticated perspective.
    • 2004, David L. Szanton, The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, page 2:
      But doing so can also help deparochialize understandings, and illuminate the world, the other, and ultimately, one's own society and self.
    • 2011, Bob Lingard, Jon Nixon, Stewart Ranson, Transforming Learning in Schools and Communities:
      Therefore, I shall refer to specific instances of practice drawn from various teacher education programs that have begun to deparochialize education.
    • 2017, William Outhwaite, Stephen Turner, The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology:
      Thus, the need to deparochialize sociology is as relevant today as it was in the mid twentieth century when area studies began.