NSW Selective & Scholarship
Parochial
adjective/puh-ROH-kee-uhl/
Concerned only with a small local area and not interested in wider matters.
In contextThe debate helped the students see beyond their parochial ideas about other cultures.
Remember it
A 'parish' is a small local area; parochial thinking never looks past it.
Use it well
Use critically for a narrow, small-town outlook that ignores the wider world.