Definition: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
Usage: little sympathy with parochial mentality; insular attitudes toward foreigners
Similar words: provincial
Definition: characteristic of the provinces or their people
Usage: deeply provincial and conformist; in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial; narrow provincial attitudes
Synonyms: insular
Definition: suggestive of the isolated life of an island
Usage: an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist- Leonard Michaels
Similar words: private
Definition: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Usage: a private place; private discussions; private lessons; a private club; a private secretary; private property; the former President is now a private citizen; public figures struggle to maintain a private life