parochialisms

Noun

parochialism (countable and uncountable, plural parochialisms)

1. The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).
   • Tzvetan Todorov has shrewdly argued that the whole notion of "primitive narrative" is a kind of mental mirage engendered by modern parochialism, for the more closely you look at a particular ancient narrative, the more you are compelled to recognize the complexity and subtlety with which it is...1981, Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible”, in The Art of Biblical Narrative, page 21