Synonyms of the word

parochial

• adj. Pertaining to a parish.
• adj. Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary…

insular

• adj. Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.
• adj. Situated on an island.
• adj. Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial.
• adj. Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
• adj. Relating to the insula in the brain.
• n. An islander.

jurisdiction

• n. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
• n. The power or right to exercise authority.
• n. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
• n. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

provincial

• adj. Of or pertaining to a province.
• adj. Constituting a province.
• adj. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
• adj. Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.
• adj. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
• adj. Limited in outlook; narrow.
• n. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all…
• n. A country bumpkin.