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deparochializing

deparochializing is the present participle and gerund 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 deparochializing

What is deparochializing the present participle and gerund of?
Deparochializing is the present participle and gerund of deparochialize.

Words near deparochializing in the dictionary

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

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