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English adjective: insular | |||
| 1. | insular relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island | ||
| Samples | Insular territories. Hawaii's insular culture. | ||
| 2. | insular suggestive of the isolated life of an island | ||
| Samples | An exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist. | ||
| Similar | private | ||
| Antonyms | public | ||
| 3. | insular narrowly restricted in outlook or scope | ||
| Samples | Little sympathy with parochial mentality. Insular attitudes toward foreigners. | ||
| Synonyms | parochial | ||
| Similar | provincial | ||
| Antonyms | cosmopolitan | ||
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