insular

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adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
- insular territories
- Hawaii's insular culture
• Pertains to noun:
island
• Derivationally related forms:
insularity
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 to:
private
• Derivationally related forms:
insularity
3. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
- little sympathy with parochial mentality
- insular attitudes toward foreigners
• Syn:
parochial
• Similar to:
provincial