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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’.

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   • 1. insularly adverb

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   • The insular failing is elsewhere frequently displayed by the poet in the trying light cast from a misanthrope genius. Insular definition: narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial. See examples of INSULAR used in a sentence.

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   What does insula mean?

   • Anatomy. pertaining to an island of cells or tissue, as the islets of Langerhans. an inhabitant of an island; islander. From the Late Latin word insulāris, dating back to 1605–15. See insula, -ar 1 Even if the judiciary’s leaders say they can police themselves, Minor said in the brief, the insular culture of the judiciary prohibits that.

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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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     adjective. disapproving us / ˈɪn.sə.lɚ / uk / ˈɪn.sjə.lə r/...

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     insular translate: insulaire. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     INSULAR translate: ограниченный, замкнутый . Learn more in...

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     INSULAR translate: 思想狹隘的;保守的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     INSULAR translate: 思想狭隘的;保守的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   adjective. disapproving us / ˈɪn.sə.lɚ / uk / ˈɪn.sjə.lə r/ Add to word list. interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Narrow-minded. be set in your ways idiom. be wearing blinders idiom. be wearing blinkers idiom. blinkered. closed-minded. myopia

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   Insular means "having a narrow view of the world," like insular people who never leave their small town, which enables them to believe that every place in the world is the same and the people are all just like them. The adjective insular comes from the Latin word insula, which means “island.”.

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   adjective. narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial: insular attitudes toward foreigners. standing alone; detached; isolated: an insular building. of or relating to an island or islands: a nation's insular possessions. dwelling or situated on an island. forming an island: insular rocks.

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