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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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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINSULAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Insular means being interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas or people. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of insular with examples and translations in different languages.

   • English (US)

     INSULAR meaning: 1. interested only in your own country or...

   • Znaczenie Insular, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     INSULAR definicja: 1. interested only in your own country or...

   • Insular: Vietnamese Translation

     INSULAR translate: ở đảo. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Insular: German Translation

     insular translate: Insel-…. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Insular: Polish Translation

     insular translate: ciasny, zaściankowy, wyspiarski. Learn...

   • Insular in Russian

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

   • Simplified

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

   • Traditional

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

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   Learn the meaning of insular, an adjective that describes something related to an island or being isolated and narrow-minded. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryINSULAR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Insular means being interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas or people. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and find out how to say it in other languages.

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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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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of the adjective 'insular', which can describe something related to an island or someone who is narrow-minded or isolated. See examples, word frequency, and related terms of 'insular'.

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

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishinsular adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Insular means only interested in your own country, ideas, etc. and not in those from outside, or having little contact with other people. It can also mean connected with an island or islands.