parochial
adjective
[ pəˈrəʊkɪəl ]
• relating to a Church parish.
• "the parochial church council"
• having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.
• "parochial attitudes"
Similar:
narrow-minded,
small-minded,
provincial,
insular,
narrow,
small-town,
inward-looking,
limited,
restricted,
localist,
conservative,
conventional,
short-sighted,
petty,
close-minded,
blinkered,
myopic,
introverted,
illiberal,
hidebound,
intolerant,
parish-pump,
jerkwater,
hick,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin parochialis ‘relating to an ecclesiastical district’, from parochia (see parish).
