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deparochialized

deparochialized is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about deparochialized

What is deparochialized the simple past and past participle of?
Deparochialized is the simple past and past participle of deparochialize.

Words near deparochialized in the dictionary

  1. deparochialise
  2. deparochialised
  3. deparochialises
  4. deparochialising
  5. deparochialize
  6. deparochialized
  7. deparochializes
  8. deparochializing
  9. depart
  10. depart with
  11. departable

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