Associations to the word «Parochialism»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PAROCHIALISM, noun. A limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin