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deparochialise

deparochialise 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 deparochialise

third-person singular presentdeparochialises
present participledeparochialising
past participledeparochialised
pastdeparochialised

Questions about deparochialise

What is deparochialise the alternative form of?
Deparochialise is the alternative form of deparochialize.

Words near deparochialise in the dictionary

  1. deparasitizations
  2. deparasitize
  3. deparasitized
  4. deparasitizing
  5. deparliamentarization
  6. deparochialise
  7. deparochialised
  8. deparochialises
  9. deparochialising
  10. deparochialize
  11. deparochialized

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