deparochialize
English
Etymology
de- + parochial + -ize
Alternative forms
- de-parochialize, deparochialise, de-parochialise
Verb
deparochialize (third-person singular simple present deparochializes, present participle deparochializing, simple past and past participle deparochialized)
- To make or become less parochial; to broaden into a more universal and sophisticated perspective.
- 2004, David L. Szanton, The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, page 2:
- But doing so can also help deparochialize understandings, and illuminate the world, the other, and ultimately, one's own society and self.
- 2011, Bob Lingard, Jon Nixon, Stewart Ranson, Transforming Learning in Schools and Communities:
- Therefore, I shall refer to specific instances of practice drawn from various teacher education programs that have begun to deparochialize education.
- 2017, William Outhwaite, Stephen Turner, The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology:
- Thus, the need to deparochialize sociology is as relevant today as it was in the mid twentieth century when area studies began.