de-parochialise

A form of deparochialize — To make or become less parochial; to broaden into a more universal and sophisticated perspective.

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Meanings

verbde-parochialise (third-person singular simple present de-parochialises, present participle de-parochialising, simple past and past participle de-parochialised)

present singular third person de-parochialises · participle present de-parochialising · participle past de-parochialised · past de-parochialised

  1. alternativeAlternative form of deparochialize.

    Home international studies help to disturb national monologues and de-parochialise research.

    2018, Teacher Training and Professional Development, page 2114
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    Further reflection then requires us to look beyond a narrow, local conception of justice, to de-parochialise our thinking (Sen has described this as a 'comparative broadening') and to acknowledge that there may exist more than just one unique reason for acting in a particular way.

    2014, Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Law after Modernity

    But then, why has it proven so difficult to de-parochialise a field that is otherwise expected to caution everyone else against looking through their narrow windows on the world?

    2016, Pinar Bilgin, The International in Security, Security in the International
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