de-parochialize

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-parochialize (third-person singular simple present de-parochializes, present participle de-parochializing, simple past and past participle de-parochialized)

present singular third person de-parochializes · participle present de-parochializing · participle past de-parochialized · past de-parochialized

  1. alternativeAlternative form of deparochialize.

    These developments in the means of communication de-parochialize contexts by bringing them into contact with others.

    2005, David Holmes, Communication Theory: Media, Technology and Society, page 128
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    The chapters in this book consider some of the different paths taken in the study of globalization to de-parochialize our understanding of educational aims, processes and outcomes.

    2010, Thomas S. Popkewitz, Fazal Rizvi, Globalization and the Study of Education, page 7

    In an effort to de-parochialize modern Jewish culture, participants in Russian Jewry's cultural renaissance translated large quantities of European literature into Hebrew and Yiddish.

    2013, Joshua M. Karlip, The Tragedy of a Generation, page 155
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