“parochialism”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

parochialism

释义

parochialism|pəˈrəʊkɪəlɪz(ə)m|
[See -ism.]
1. ‘Parochial’ character or tendency; confinement of one's interests to a narrow sphere, with indifference to the world outside; local narrowness of view; petty provincialism.
1847Fraser's Mag. XXXVI. 369 The narrow and jealous spirit of parochialism.1881Athenæum 30 July 141/2 A natural impatience of the parochialism of the petty Greek state.1894Times 7 Mar. 3/3 Able to..reconcile the conflicting claims of parochialism and nationalism.
2. Absorption in parish duties.
a1884M. Pattison Mem. ii. (1885) 91 They took pains with their sermons—were, in short, steeped in parochialism.

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