parochial
/pəˈɹoʊki.əl/ adjective C2- Pertaining to a parish. · The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]
- Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook. · The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.· Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.
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