parochial
Example Sentences
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Moments later, he says that “it’s the defense of universal values that will hold the country together, and the emphasis on parochial or group values that will break it apart inevitably.”
“The parents who have the means will leave for private and parochial schools,” she said.
Health care policy in 2025 isn’t just a parochial “kitchen table issue.”
From Salon
Orange County’s new sophistication ought to be above rivalry, but a touch of parochial defensiveness remains.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead it said "most gangs in the Caribbean" were "typically parochial, and focused instead on protecting their territory".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
