Biased vs Parochial - What's the difference?
biased | parochial | Related terms |
(bias)
exhibiting bias; prejudiced
angled at a slant
Pertaining to a parish.
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
* 1918 , 1st of February, "
* 1969 , : A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830 , p 341:
Biased is a related term of parochial.
As adjectives the difference between biased and parochial
is that biased is exhibiting bias; prejudiced while parochial is pertaining to a parish.As a verb biased
is (bias).biased
English
Alternative forms
* (UK) biassedVerb
(head)- She biased them against him for no apparent reason.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
- The table had a biased edge.
Synonyms
* (having a partial view) partial, prejudiced, tendentiousAnagrams
*parochial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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 .