What is the meaning of insular?

adjective

  • Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island.
    • usage: "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
  • 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
  • Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope.
    • usage: "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
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