Insular
['ɪnsjʊlə] or ['ɪnsəlɚ]
Definition
(adj.) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; 'little sympathy with parochial mentality'; 'insular attitudes toward foreigners' .
(adj.) suggestive of the isolated life of an island; 'an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist'- Leonard Michaels .
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; 'insular territories'; 'Hawaii's insular culture' .
Typist: Sharif--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.
(n.) An islander.
Editor: Rae
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Surrounded by water.
Inputed by Elsa
Definition
adj. belonging to an island: surrounded by water: standing or situated alone: narrow prejudiced.—ns. In′sularism Insular′ity the state of being insular.—adv. In′sularly.—v.t. In′sulate to place in a detached situation: to prevent connection or communication: (electricity) to separate esp. from the earth by a non-conductor.—ns. Insulā′tion; In′sulator one who or that which insulates: a non-conductor of electricity.
Editor: Solomon
Examples
- So much of my early life has been passed abroad, that I have quite cast my insular skin in that respect. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The continental female is quite a different being to the insular female of the same age and class: I never saw such eyes and brows in England. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Astounding insular audacity! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Oh, in the old days I was rather a celebrity in the islands,—a kind of insular Lord Byron,—and of course had my followers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Solomon