"parish pump politics" meaning in English

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Noun

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)
    Sense id: en-parish_pump_politics-en-noun-6DEdvbZ9 Categories (other): Irish English

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          "text": "Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life, University of Toronto Press, 2005: “Where others looked at Canadian regionalism and saw a fruitful and admirable diversity of human experience, Laskin saw petty fiefdoms, parish pump politics, and constricted horizons.”"
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