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

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   The meaning of INSULAR is characteristic of an isolated people; especially : being, having, or reflecting a narrow provincial viewpoint. How to use insular in a sentence.

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

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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.”

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINSULAR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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