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Pronunciation / Transliteration: paroquialismo
"Precisamos superar este paroquialismo para crescer no mercado global."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A narrow outlook or restriction of scope to a local area or specific context, with little regard for broader or global perspectives.
"The company's failure to expand internationally was largely due to the management's deeply ingrained parochialism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'parochial' (relating to a church parish), from Late Latin 'parochialis', from Greek 'paroikia' (abutting area, diocese). The meaning shifted from administrative church boundaries to a narrow, limited outlook or provincialism.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Parochialism" is said worldwide
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parochialisme
Transliteration: parochialisme
"Le parochialisme de cette petite ville freine l'innovation."
Provinzialismus
Transliteration: Provinzialismus
"Sein Denken war von einem engen Provinzialismus geprägt."
parrocchialismo
Transliteration: parrocchialismo
"Il parrocchialismo ostacola una vera cooperazione internazionale."
parroquialismo
Transliteration: parroquialismo
"El parroquialismo político impide ver los problemas globales."
paroquialismo
Transliteration: paroquialismo
"Precisamos superar este paroquialismo para crescer no mercado global."
संकुचित दृष्टिकोण
Transliteration: sankuchit drishtikon
"इस संकुचित दृष्टिकोण के कारण देश का विकास रुक जाता है।"
地方主义
Transliteration: dìfāng zhǔyì
"我们必须克服狭隘的地方主义。"
교구주의
Transliteration: gyogujuui
"지나친 교구주의는 조직의 성장을 방해합니다."
自国中心主義
Transliteration: jikoku chūshin shugi
"地域的な偏狭さと自国中心主義を克服する必要がある。"
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