insular

(ĭn'sə-lər, ĭns'yə-)
adj.

1. 1. Of, relating to, or constituting an island.
   2. Living or located on an island.
2. 1. Suggestive of the isolated life of an island: "He is an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist" (Leonard Michaels).
   2. Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience; narrow or provincial.
3. Anatomy. Of or relating to isolated tissue or an island of tissue.

[French insulaire, from Late Latin īnsulāris, from Latin īnsula, island.]

insularism in'su·lar·ism or in'su·lar'i·ty (-lăr'ĭ-tē) n.
insularly in'su·lar·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Far from centers of human population: back, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, secluded, solitary. Idioms: off the beatenpathtrack. See near/far/distance.
2. Having the restricted outlook often characteristic of geographic isolation: limited, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, provincial, small-town. See limited/unlimited.

adj

Definition: narrow-minded
Antonyms: broad-minded, tolerant, unbiased, unprejudiced

IN BRIEF: n. - The state of being isolated or detached.

The insularity of England was preserved by the English channel.

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Pertaining to the insula or to an island, as the islands of Langerhans.

For a list of words related to insular, see:

• Introverted, Reserved, Isolated, or Mysterious

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - isoleret, afsondret, snæversynet

Nederlands (Dutch)
bekrompen, eiland-, geïsoleerd

Français (French)
adj. - d'insulaire, étroit, borné, (Géog) insulaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - provinziell, engstirnig, Insel-, insular

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νησιώτικος, (μτφ.) με στενές αντιλήψεις, στενόμυαλος

Italiano (Italian)
gretto, insulare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insular

Русский (Russian)
островной, изолированный, замкнутый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de miras estrechas, insular

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - insulär, ö-, öbo-, trångsynt, självgod, reserverad, isolerad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
岛的, 岛特有的, 岛民的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 島的, 島特有的, 島民的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 섬의, 섬나라 근성의, 고립한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 島の, 島民の, 島国的な, 狭量な, 島国根性の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متعلق بجزيرة, معزول, متعصب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של אי, צר אופק, קרתני, (מזג אויר) נוח‬

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