insularity
pronunciation
How to pronounce insularity in British English:
UK [ˌɪnsjʊ'lærətɪ]
How to pronounce insularity in American English:
US [ˌɪnsəˈlærətɪ]
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- Noun:
- the state of being isolated or detached
Word Origin
- insularity (n.)
- 1755, "narrowness of feelings," from insular + -ity. Literal sense attested from 1790.
Example
- 1. The debate was most notable for its insularity , with both candidates constantly attempting to drag world affairs back to the domestic .
- 2. Mr gopnik 's musings reach from the insularity of contemporary french gastronomy to the changing moral fashions that dictate what we eat .
- 3. The swedish academy has responded to accusations of insularity over recent years by awarding the 2011 nobel prize for literature to one of their own : the swedish poet tomas transtrmer .
- 4. A john berger story advances the idea of the suburbs as a construction of the mind , while hanif kureishi 's manuscript of " the buddha of suburbia " marks a first break from insularity and the emergence of the immigrant experience .
- 5. This same risk aversion translates into protectionism and insularity .