C2adjectiveformalsocietypolitics
US/pəˈroʊ.ki.əl/
UK/pəˈrəʊ.ki.əl/
only interested in your own small area or group, not in wider issues; also connected with a church parish
In context
Local newspapers can be rather parochial, covering only village news.
Critics say the government takes a parochial view of foreign policy.
Traveling abroad helped him leave his parochial attitudes behind.
Words that go with parochial
adjective + noun
- parochial interestsLeaders must look beyond parochial interests and think about the whole country.
- parochial schoolShe attended a small parochial school run by the local church.
- parochial concernsThe meeting got stuck on parochial concerns about parking.
- parochial viewIt is a rather parochial view of what culture means.
- parochial attitudesUniversity challenged many of my parochial attitudes.
adverb + adjective
- too parochialThe magazine became too parochial and lost its national readers.