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parochial

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parochial
1. adj. Pertaining to a parish.
2. adj. Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.
Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.

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