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What does parochialism mean?

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Noun
  1. The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).
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I mean, if this were Wales say, or Scotland, I dare say I could rabbit away about small-minded, provincial parochialism.
Such narrow-minded blinkered parochialism can only leave these campaigners looking even more desperate.
Shuffling among three or four different cultures, they had a cosmopolitan flair and range that put the parochialism of the British to shame.
Critics initially bemoaned bungled handovers from London and perceived parochialism.
At the same time, some fear that the reaction to globalization is leading to cultural fragmentation or narrow parochialism.
They rejected isolationism and nationalist parochialism and defended a conception of universal human values.

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