Parochial vs Hidebound - What's the difference?
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Pertaining to a parish.
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
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* 1969 , : A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830 , p 341:
Bound with the hide of an animal.
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(of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
(of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
(of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
(obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
Parochial is a related term of hidebound.
As adjectives the difference between parochial and hidebound
is that parochial is pertaining to a parish while hidebound is bound with the hide of an animal.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 .
hidebound
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Alternative forms
* hide-bound (less common)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Francis Bacon)
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