parochialism
Narrow local focus
Parochialism is narrow-mindedness that comes from limited exposure to the wider world—the outlook of someone whose concerns don't extend beyond their immediate surroundings.
The word derives from parish, the smallest unit of church organization: The committee's parochialism prevented them from seeing the broader implications.
A parochial outlook prioritizes local interests over universal ones, often with a suggestion of pettiness or insularity.
Blurry distance vision
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
- small-mindednessLimited, ungenerous perspective
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
provincialism · bigotry · prejudice · bias · dogmatism · sectarianism · intolerance · close-mindedness
Militant devotion to group
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
Eurocentrism · exceptionalism · supremacism · othering · ethnocentricity · Afrocentrism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- self-containmentState of internal completeness
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- segregationForced separation by group
ghettoization · seclusiveness · hermetic · autarky · inward-turning · detachment · exclusivity · cloistered
Local area favoritism
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- hometownOne's place of origin
locality · small-town · borough · township · district · homegrown · municipal · civic
myopia
Blurry distance vision
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
- small-mindednessLimited, ungenerous perspective
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
insularity · provincialism · bigotry · prejudice · bias · dogmatism · sectarianism · intolerance · close-mindedness · blinkered
chauvinism
Militant devotion to group
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
xenophobia · Eurocentrism · exceptionalism · supremacism · othering · ethnocentricity · Afrocentrism
isolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- self-containmentState of internal completeness
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- withdrawalAct of taking away
segregation · ghettoization · seclusiveness · hermetic · autarky · inward-turning · detachment · exclusivity · cloistered · sheltered
regionalism
Local area favoritism
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
hometown · locality · small-town · borough · township · district · homegrown · municipal · civic · precinct
- narrow-mindednessnarrow-mindedness, narrowness, close-mindedness, closed-mindedness, close-minded
- regional biasregionalism, regional pride, sectionalism, localism, provincialism
- sectarianismsectarianism, sectarian, sect, schism, schismatic
- mindsetsgrowth mindset, fixed mindset, mindset, abundance mindset, scarcity mindset
- small townssmall town, hamlet, town, village, settlement
- social exclusionclique, in-group, inner circle, outsider, exclusion
parochialismcosmopolitanism
Belief in shared humanity
universalism · globalism · worldliness · internationalism · catholicity
parochialismopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
broad-mindedness · tolerance · inclusiveness · receptivity · openness