parochial
/pษหษนoสki.ษl/IPA: /P ER0 OW1 K IY0 AH0 L/
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to a parish.
- 2
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
โSome people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.โ
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