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INSULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
Example:
insular attitudes toward foreigners
Synonyms:
insular; parochial
Classified under:
Similar:
provincial (characteristic of the provinces or their people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suggestive of the isolated life of an island
Example:
an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist
Classified under:
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Derivation:
insularity (the state of being isolated or detached)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
Example:
Hawaii's insular culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Derivation:
insularity (the state of being isolated or detached)
