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insular
adj.
pertaining to an island; living or located on an island; isolated; narrow-minded
n.
resident of an island, islander
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Insular
Insular may also refer to:
- Adjective describing an island.
- Insular, the term used for Criollo people in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period.
- Insular area of the United States.
- Insular art, the style of art produced in the post-Roman history of the British Isles.
- insular cortex, a part of the cerebral cortex.
- Insular dwarfism, a form of phyletic dwarfism.
- Insular period (disambiguation), historical term.
- Insular script, a medieval script system originally used in Ireland.
- Those who are inward-looking and parochial.
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insular
Adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
(pertainym) island
2. 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
(similar) private
3. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parocial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
(synonym) parochial
(similar) provincial
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insular
adj.
insular, pertaining to an island; living or located on an island; isolated
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insular
n.
insulation, separation, isolation; closing or sealing off
adj.
insular, pertaining to an island; isolated
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