A limited or narrow outlook, especially focused on a local area; narrow-mindedness.
‘accusations of parochialism’
‘I mean, if this were Wales say, or Scotland, I dare say I could rabbit away about small-minded, provincial parochialism.’
‘All at once, unattractive qualities such as insularity, parochialism and downright arrogance were introduced into the previously contented continental mix.’
‘In Scotland, and in Wales, there are arguments breaking out about the rejection of a United Kingdom side being an example of narrow-minded parochialism.’
‘He must not now besmear that with parochialism, narrow-mindedness and partiality.’
‘Post-Civil-War America therefore seemed to exhibit the worst kind of small-minded, lacklustre parochialism, but it had coupled it with a loutish popularism.’