parochial[adjective]Synonyms: provincial, insular, limited, narrow, narrow-minded, petty, small-minded
Antonyms: catholic
Contrasted words: unprejudiced, uncircumscribed, unlimited, cosmic, universal
Related Words: prejudiced,
bigoted [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pa‧ro‧chi‧al /pəˈrəʊkiəl $ -ˈroʊ-/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: Late Latin parochialis, from parochia; ⇒ parish]
1. only interested in things that affect your local area – used in order to show disapproval:
Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.2. [only before noun] relating to a particular church and the area around it:
the parochial church council—parochialism noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲