parochial

Universal Words adjective 1 [usuallybeforenoun] (formal) connected with a church PARISH: parochial schools * a member of the parochial church council 2 (disapproving) only concerned with small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things: They need to be better informed and less parochial in their thinking. parochialism noun [U]: the parochialism of a small community