Adjective
parochial
IPA /pəˈrəʊkiəl/
Too narrowly concerned with local or limited interests to consider a wider view.
See example sentence: parochial
His parochial view of food dismissed every dish he had not grown up eating.
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Adjective
insular
IPA /ˈɪnsjələ(r)/
Unwilling to consider people, experiences or ideas from outside your own group.
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Travel challenged his insular view of the world.
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