insularism

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Noun
  • Advertisement Advertisement Today, in popular narratives of the civil rights movement, journalists are remembered as heroes who braved the South’s violent parochialism to shine a light on those confronting Jim Crow segregation.
    Made by History, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But his critics on the left, many of them of color, have long pointed out these very blind spots in his work—the parochialism of his politics and his reticence where Muslim, and particularly Palestinian, death and suffering were concerned.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Others, discovering fiscal conservatism for perhaps the first time, worried about the impact on the federal budget.
    Will Swaim, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
  • He was attracted to the party’s support for free trade, the rule of law and fiscal conservatism.
    Jade Tran, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
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“Insularism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insularism. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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