Civic vs Parochial - What's the difference?
civic | parochial | Related terms |
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.
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:
Civic is a related term of parochial.
As adjectives the difference between civic and parochial
is that civic is civic while parochial is pertaining to a parish.civic
English
(wikipedia civic)Adjective
(en adjective)- Thousands of people came to the Civic''' Center to show off their '''civic pride.
- civic duty
Derived terms
* civic centre * civics * civic-mindedparochial
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 .