insular
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in·su·lar
(ĭn'sə-lər, ĭns'yə-) 
adj.
insularly in'su·lar·ly adv.
adj.
- Of, relating to, or constituting an island.
- Living or located on an island.
- 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).
- Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience; narrow or provincial.
- 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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insular
adjective
- 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.
- Having the restricted outlook often characteristic of geographic isolation: limited, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, provincial, small-town. See limited/unlimited.
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insular
adj
Definition: narrow-minded
Antonyms: broad-minded, tolerant, unbiased, unprejudiced
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insularity
IN BRIEF: n. - The state of being isolated or detached.
The insularity of England was preserved by the English channel.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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insular
Pertaining to the insula or to an island, as the islands of Langerhans.
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Insular
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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