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de-parochialize

de-parochialize is the alternative form of deparochialize.

Meaning of deparochialize

Verb

deparochialize (third-person singular simple present deparochializes, present participle deparochializing, simple past and past participle deparochialized)

  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

Forms of de-parochialize

third-person singular presentde-parochializes
present participlede-parochializing
past participlede-parochialized
pastde-parochialized

Questions about de-parochialize

What is de-parochialize the alternative form of?
De-parochialize is the alternative form of deparochialize.

Words near de-parochialize in the dictionary

  1. de-Palestinianizing
  2. de-parochialise
  3. de-parochialised
  4. de-parochialises
  5. de-parochialising
  6. de-parochialize
  7. de-parochialized
  8. de-parochializes
  9. de-parochializing
  10. de-puff
  11. de-puffed

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