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Recent Examples of parochialism
Advertisement Advertisement Today, in popular narratives of the civil rights movement, journalists are remembered as heroes who braved the South’s violent parochialism to shine a light on those confronting Jim Crow segregation.
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Made By History, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Central government has done nothing to pressure the council to abandon its parochialism.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
But his critics on the left, many of them of color, have long pointed out these very blind spots in his work—the parochialism of his politics and his reticence where Muslim, and particularly Palestinian, death and suffering were concerned.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Given the scale of the devastation wrought by the parochialism of union officials like Jordan, the fact that this tactic just isn’t working anymore is cold comfort.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Mar. 2024
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Made By History, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Central government has done nothing to pressure the council to abandon its parochialism.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
But his critics on the left, many of them of color, have long pointed out these very blind spots in his work—the parochialism of his politics and his reticence where Muslim, and particularly Palestinian, death and suffering were concerned.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Given the scale of the devastation wrought by the parochialism of union officials like Jordan, the fact that this tactic just isn’t working anymore is cold comfort.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parochialism
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But insularity has its costs, and they were borne entirely by the Iranian people.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
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Setting aside the gawking nature of certain style choices (the warped, swiveling, 360-degree shots used when someone starts talking about particularly demented ideas are nauseating on multiple levels), the series too closely mirrors its subjects’ insularity.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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This provincialism was identified as such and condemned by Merlin Klee, who had been a Freedom Rider as well as a Catholic before joining the community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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This is provincialism: putting narrow interests over the well-being of not just current residents, but also the entire city.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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However, John Jay, a Protestant and first chief justice of the Supreme Court, once accused Catholics of spreading bigotry, persecution, murder and being a threat to America.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The statement’s open bigotry is jarring.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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But for the audience the scariest revelation in the conversation isn’t his dogmatism.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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That — metaphorically and literally — is earned dogmatism, the risk that expertise breeds rigidity in our thinking and decision-making.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Parochialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parochialism. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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