insular
pronunciation
How to pronounce insular in British English:
UK [ˈɪnsjələ(r)]
How to pronounce insular in American English:
US [ˈɪnsələr]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
- suggestive of the isolated life of an island
- narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
Word Origin
- insular
- insular: see island
- insular (adj.)
- 1610s, "of or pertaining to an island," from Late Latin insularis, from Latin insula "island" (see isle). Metaphoric sense "narrow, prejudiced" is 1775, from notion of being cut off from intercourse with other nations, especially with reference to the situation of Great Britain. Earlier adjective in the literal sense was insulan (mid-15c.), from Latin insulanus.
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Example
- 1. That insular model has now begun to change-but not to bombardier 's advantage .
- 2. Prof mayo believes business schools will have underachieved if they do not expose students to perspectives from outside the insular world of business .
- 3. During the maoist period , for example , china became an insular nation , driven primarily by internal interests and considerations , indifferent or hostile to the rest of the world .
- 4. With the advent of more insular social networks and targeted searches , the opportunities for being exposed to contrary voices , competing networks , and positive alternatives -- all the things that expose would-be militants to different ways of thinking -- will further lessen .
- 5. After the floods of 1927 , john barry writes , the city fathers of new orleans began their long decline into insular stagnation , huey long rose to power as governor of louisiana , and herbert hoover , who led the rescue program , was elected president .