"parish pump politics" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} parish pump politics (uncountable)
  1. (Ireland, derogatory, informal) political activity that is more evidently concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest. Tags: Ireland, derogatory, informal, uncountable Synonyms: provincialism, parochialism Hypernyms: narrow-mindedness Translations (putting local concerns over national interest): местни интереси (mestni interesi) (Bulgarian), siltarumpupolitiikka (Finnish), Provinzialismus [masculine] (German), Engstirnigkeit [feminine] (German), Beschränktheit [feminine] (German), Kirchturmpolitik [feminine] (German)
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          "text": "7.—Never avoid bars or smoke-rooms, because in the former case you miss the chance of marrying a flirt, and in the latter of having your mind improved by local parish-pump politics, and your head broken by a fool in his cups.",
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