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Parochialism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Parochialism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish

2

The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
narrow-mindedness
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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