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.

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

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

IN BRIEF: Pertaining to an island; or isolated.

As this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horror of the half known life. — Herman Melville (1819-1891), U.S. author.

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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