insular

Definition of Insular in English :

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Adjective

1. insular

relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island

Example Sentences:
'insular territories'
'Hawaii's insular culture'

2. insular

suggestive of the isolated life of an island

Example Sentences:
'an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist'

3. insular, parochial

narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

Example Sentences:
'little sympathy with parochial mentality'
'insular attitudes toward foreigners'

parochial

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Insular

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adjective

1.

of, relating to, or resembling an island

2.

remote, detached, or aloof

3.

illiberal or narrow-minded

4.

isolated or separated

Insular

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adjective

1.

of, or having the form of, an island

2.

living or situated on an island

3.

like an island; detached; isolated

4.

of, like, or characteristic of islanders, esp. when regarded as narrow-minded, illiberal, or provincial

5. Medicine

a.

characterized by isolated spots

b.

of the islets of Langerhans or other islands of tissue

Insular

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adj.

1.

a. Of, relating to, or constituting an island.

b. Living or located on an island.

2.

a. 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).

b. Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience; narrow or provincial.

3. Anatomy Of or relating to isolated tissue or an island of tissue.

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