Usually means: Limited outlook; narrow-minded local focus.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (parochialism)

▸ noun:  The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).

Similar:
parochialness, parochiality, provincialism, pettiness, parvanimity, parasiticalness, provinciality, partialism, partisanship, pettishness, more...

Types:
ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, provincialism, regionalism, nationalism, xenophobia, chauvinism, jingoism, more...

Adjectives:
narrow, such, cultural, own, intellectual, certain, national, local, regional, political, ethnic

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Similar:
parochialness, parochiality, provincialism, pettiness, parvanimity, parasiticalness, provinciality, partialism, partisanship, pettishness, more...

Types:
ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, provincialism, regionalism, nationalism, xenophobia, chauvinism, jingoism, more...

Adjectives:
narrow, such, cultural, own, intellectual, certain, national, local, regional, political, ethnic



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