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insularity

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in·su·lar  (ns-lr, nsy-)
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.
[French insulaire, from Late Latin nsulris, from Latin nsula, island.]
insu·lar·ism, insu·lari·ty (-lr-t) n.
insu·lar·ly adv.
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Noun1.insularity - the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
insularism, insulation, detachment
isolation - a state of separation between persons or groups
Translations
insularity [ɪnsjuˈlærɪtɪ] n → insularidad f


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Hers was that common insularity of mind that makes human creatures believe that their color, creed, and politics are best and right and that other human creatures scattered over the world are less fortunately placed than they.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
His point of view is unusually broad, his chief general purpose being to free English taste from its insularity, to give it sympathetic acquaintance with the peculiar excellences of other literatures.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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