How to Use parochialism in a Sentence

parochialism

noun

• This was due perhaps to the sexism of the time, and the parochialism of her field.
  — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2020
• Chalk it up perhaps to the sexism of the time, and the parochialism of her field.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
• What makes Pelosi’s and Schumer’s grip on power so secure is, in fact, their parochialism.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2020
• But the parochialism of the headlines bears out one of the book’s central observations.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• While this is the peak of Scottish parochialism, the pressure of managing Celtic is huge, and will be more than Postecoglou has ever faced before.
  — Mike Meehall Wood, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• New York seems a place that is often unwilling to examine its deep and ironic parochialism, and this is one of the results.
  — Sarah Menkedick, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• It’s Beltway-style parochialism at the stove, each recipe the culinary equivalent of a Politico newsletter.
  — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
• Far from resisting such royal parochialism, Britain should embrace Charles as the emblem of its new normal age.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2022
• Let our cultural and ethnic diversity be a source of pride and strength, not parochialism and conflict.
  — Jennifer Williams, Vox, 20 June 2018
• Actually, Tod, your geezery parochialism is what’s wrong.
  — Jeff Gordinier, Esquire, 18 Oct. 2017
• But this bit of history reflects the stubborn parochialism and official dithering that might have gotten into the city's DNA.
  — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 15 July 2017
• Another weakness of the argument that the economy would come roaring back is its parochialism.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
• The answer lies in a story of self-interest and parochialism that has been kept quiet outside of political circles.
  — Jonathan Lai, Philly.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Scottish football is even more parochial than most, and Glasgow’s football environment would compete with anywhere in the world for parochialism.
  — Mike Meehall Wood, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• Resurgent parochialism could gain even more momentum with the looming departure of the U.K., long one of the EU’s strongest single-market proponents.
  — Valentina Pop, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2017
• Her dramas set in Spain, Troy, and Babylon brought European and world culture into a literature that had been forced into parochialism.
  — Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2022
• Voters also opted to keep four at-large council seats, thus providing a buffer against excessive parochialism.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
• But on the other hand, BlenderBot’s limited exposure presents a risk of parochialism and U.S.-centric bias that could affect future, productionized versions.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
• Another measure of parochialism is the percentage of Americans who have a passport, a number that is drastically lower than in many other countries in the global north.
  — Dexter Fergie, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
• Critics of the measure say eliminating at-large candidates, who are meant to represent all county residents, would reduce the number of council members that residents get to vote for from five to one and lead to parochialism on the dais.
  — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2020
• Thatcher’s close relationship with Ronald Reagan allowed her to play a disproportionate role in the greatest drama of her time—the collapse of Soviet communism—and curbed her parochialism.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2018
• Ibn Battuta's work bleeds with unexamined parochialism, prejudice, and xenophobia against other races and non-Muslims.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2012
• This episode puts together some of the puzzle pieces that drive legislative behavior: from bicameralism to parochialism to the need for continual reelection.
  — Andrew Rudalevige, Washington Post, 11 July 2017
• As a result, the European Union is having to grapple with rising parochialism and protectionism, tougher stances among member states on immigration, and growing opposition to the bloc’s free-trade ambitions.
  — Valentina Pop, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
• Climate change therefore represents an opportunity for parochialism that can't be completely ignored when assessing the views of senior officials with budgetary skin in the game.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2010
• This caution is produced by a mixture of parochialism (few pupils master a foreign language at school) and superiority (universities at home are excellent).
  — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
• Behind this rhetorical camaraderie, though, old habits of protectionism and parochialism are reappearing.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
• Other premiers have experienced similar boosts based on muscular parochialism — even though Australians were movers before the pandemic.
  — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
• On issues such as energy and transportation, geography and parochialism can trump party allegiance.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• Urbanites defined themselves as forward-looking sophisticates who sneered at yokels in backwaters; cosmopolitanism faced off against parochialism.
  — Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2019

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