Synonyms for "parochialism" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

alienapartheidauthoritarianismbigotryblind sideblind spotblindersclosed mindcolor barcramped ideasdivisionethnocentrism

Strong matches (18)

exclusivenessfanaticismforeignerhideboundnessilliberalityinsularisminsularityinsulationisolationjim crowknow-nothingismlittle-mindednesslittlenessmean mindmeannessnarrow sympathiesnarrow viewsnarrow-mindedness

Related words (30)

narrownessnearsightednessodium theologicumout groupout-groupoutcastoutsiderparish pump politicspersona non gratapettinesspetty mindprovincialismpurblindnessquarantinerace hatredracial segregationseclusionsegregationseparationshortsightedness

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shut mindsmallnesssnobbishnessstraitlacednessstrangerstuffinesstightnessuncatholicityxenophobia

Noun(1 words)

parish pump politics

Related word relations

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More general

2 entries

narrow-mindednessnarrowness

derived from

1 entries

parochial

is a

1 entries

narrow mindedness

related to

3 entries

narrownessparochialpettiness

Translations

14 translations across 8 languages.

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Esperanto

2 entries

• parokismo noun (state of being parochial)
• paroĥismo noun (state of being parochial)

Finnish

1 entries

• nurkkakuntaisuus noun (state of being parochial)

French

1 entries

• esprit de clocher noun (state of being parochial)

German

4 entries

• Beschränktheit noun (state of being parochial)
• Engstirnigkeit noun (state of being parochial)
• Kantönligeist noun (state of being parochial)
• Provinzialismus noun (state of being parochial)

Italian

1 entries

• campanilismo noun (state of being parochial)

Portuguese

2 entries

• provincialismo noun (state of being parochial)
• provincianismo noun (state of being parochial)

Spanish

1 entries

• provincianismo noun (state of being parochial)

Swedish

2 entries

• lokalpatriotism noun (state of being parochial)
• trångsynthet noun (state of being parochial)

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