parochial

adj

1. Pertaining to a parish.

   “The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]”

   “The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]”

2. (derogatory)Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

   “The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.”

   “Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.”

   “But for men of principle and honour and straightforward thought there could be no middle course and no paltering with petty issues of party or parochial advantage.”

   “Its atmosphere might have been provincial, but it was never merely parochial.”

   “Gay USA would be of interest to both straight and gay audiences, but because it deals with gay people some bookers or distributors might feel that it is too parochial.”

noun

1. A parochial individual.

   “If the vast majority of the citizens of our Southeast Asian countries are subjects rather than parochials, the question is: are they also participants?”

   “Australia is divided between cosmopolitans and parochials.”