parochialism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of parochialism
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And he makes a claim for the relevance of his project: “These poems rebut the parochialism and tribalism that dog our present, even as they appeal to universal experiences and values.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Yet even in his parochialism, Jefferson's broad-mindedness remained apparent.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024
Critics derided what they regarded as the parochialism of it all but at its peak the series would pull in 10 million viewers from across the UK.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2023
“Lady Macbeth” survived a period in which culture became the very thing that its heroine so shockingly resisted: mind-numbing, repressive parochialism.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
The parochialism of the ghettos of Gotham had not prepared her for the uniqueness of Your Working Boy.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
