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parochialism
noun
(pa-ro-chi-al-ism)
the quality or state of being parochial; especially : selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views)
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provincialism
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chauvinism
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insularity
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regionalism
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tribalism
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partisanship
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snobbery
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elitism
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ethnocentrism
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pettiness
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jingoism
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snobbishness
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philistinism
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nationalism
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cynicism
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arrogance
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bigotry
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ethnicism
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sectionalism
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particularism
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factionalism
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egotism
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selfishness
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racialism
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cosmopolitanism
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inferiority complex
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obscurantism
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dogmatism
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paternalism
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nativism
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exclusivism
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individualism
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apathy
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cronyism
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xenophobia
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backwardness
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racism
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clannishness
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shortsightedness
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egoism
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pretentiousness
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sentimentality
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hubris
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sentimentalism
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smugness
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opportunism
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populism
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communalism
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bureaucratism
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pretension
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egocentrism
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intellectualism
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triumphalism
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political correctness
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pompousness
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prejudices
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irredentism
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majoritarianism
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exclusionism
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anglophilia
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politicking
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politics
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popularism
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territorialism
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officialdom
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immoderation
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centralism
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pusillanimity
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partyism
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homogeny
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sycophancy
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statism
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englishness
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disunity
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conventionality
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groupthink
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infantilism
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priggishness
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negativism
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haughtiness
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careerism
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pigheadedness
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boosterism
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pragmatism
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illogicality
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obduracy
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snobbism
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obtuseness
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myopia
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solipsism
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contrariness
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tokenism
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cussedness
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ugliness
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unseemliness
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subjectivism
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cowardice
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reductionism
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arbitrariness
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antipathies
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