parochialism

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pəˈɹəʊkɪəlɪzm̩/    美 /pəˈɹoʊki.əlɪzm̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views). countable,uncountable
    — Tzvetan Todorov has shrewdly argued that the whole notion of "primitive narrative" is a kind of mental mirage engendered by modern parochialism, for the more closely you look at a particular ancient narrative, the more you are compelled to recognize the complexity and subtlety with which it is formally organized and with which it renders its subjects, and the more you see how it is conscious of its necessary status as artful discourse.

词形变化

parochialisms plural

词源

Etymology tree
English parochial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English parochialism
From parochial + -ism.
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