ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPparochial
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parochial
Meaning: narrow in outlook and limited to local concerns
parochial in a sentence
How parochial is used in real sentences:
The committee took a parochial view and ignored how the policy would affect neighboring towns.
The newspaper abandoned its parochial focus and began covering events across the world.
“Yet some officials hold a parochial view of the task, assuming that locally familiar procedures work equally well for speakers from every culture.”
— from the passage Between Speech and Judgment
Synonyms for parochial
Other words for parochial — insular, provincial and limited — carry the same meaning.
- insular
- provincial
- limited
Antonyms of parochial
Words that mean the opposite of parochial:
- cosmopolitan
- worldly
- expansive
Where it comes from
From Late Latin parochialis, meaning 'of a parish.'
Memory hook
PAROCHIAL sounds like 'parish-only': its outlook never reaches beyond the local parish.