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   insular

   /ˈɪnsjʊlə/

   adjective

   • 1. ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience: "a stubbornly insular farming people" Similar narrow-mindedlimitedblinkeredrestrictedinward-lookingconventionalparochialprovincialsmall-townlocalistsmall-mindedpetty-mindedpettyclose-mindedshort-sightedmyopichidebounddyed-in-the-wooldiehardsetset in one's waysinflexibledogmaticrigidentrenchedilliberalintolerantprejudicedbigotedbiasedpartisansectarianxenophobicdiscriminatoryparish-pumpblimpishbornéinformal:jerkwaterrare:claustralOpposite broad-mindedtolerant
   • ▪ lacking contact with other people: "people living restricted and sometimes insular existences" Similar isolatedinaccessiblecut offclosedseparatesegregateddetachedsolitarylonelyinsulatedself-containedself-sufficientOpposite accessiblecosmopolitan
   • 2. relating to or from an island: "goods of insular origin"
   • ▪ relating to a form of Latin handwriting used in Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages: "insular illumination of the 6th century"
   • ▪ (of climate) equable because of the influence of the sea.
   • 3. relating to the insula of the brain.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a noun denoting an islander): from late Latin insularis, from insula ‘island’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. insularly adverb

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   insular: [adjective] of, relating to, or constituting an island. dwelling or situated on an island.

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   INSULAR definition: 1. interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign…. Learn more.

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   INSULAR meaning: 1. interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign…. Learn more.

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   insular: 1 adj relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island “ insular territories” “Hawaii's insular culture” adj suggestive of the isolated life of an island “an exceedingly insular man” Synonyms: private confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy adj narrowly restricted in outlook or scope “ insular attitudes ...

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   4 meanings: 1. of, relating to, or resembling an island 2. remote, detached, or aloof 3. illiberal or narrow-minded 4. isolated.... Click for more definitions.

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   Insular definition: narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial. See examples of INSULAR used in a sentence.

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   Definition of insular adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Define insular. insular synonyms, insular pronunciation, insular translation, English dictionary definition of insular. adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or constituting an island. b. Living or located on an island. 2. a. Suggestive of the isolated life of an island: "He is an...

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    Insular definition: Suggestive of the isolated life of an island. Origin of Insular From Latin insularis (“of or belonging to an island”), from insula (“an island”), perhaps, from in (“in”) + salum (“the main sea”).. From Wiktionary French insulaire from Late Latin īnsulāris from Latin īnsula island. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition