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deparochialize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + parochialize.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To make or become less parochial; to broaden into a more universal and sophisticated perspective.
   • But doing so can also help deparochialize understandings, and illuminate the world, the other, and ultimately, one's own society and self. 2004, David L. Szanton, The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, page 2:
   • Therefore, I shall refer to specific instances of practice drawn from various teacher education programs that have begun to deparochialize education. 2011, Bob Lingard, Jon Nixon, Stewart Ranson, Transforming Learning in Schools and Communities:
   • Thus, the need to deparochialize sociology is as relevant today as it was in the mid twentieth century when area studies began. 2017, William Outhwaite, Stephen Turner, The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology:

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