'Insular' definitions:

Definition of 'insular'

From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
adjective
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
adjective
Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners" [syn: insular, parochial]

Definition of 'Insular'

From: GCIDE
  • Insular \In"su*lar\, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F. insulaire. See Isle.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. [1913 Webster]
  • The penury of insular conversation. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Insular'

From: GCIDE
  • Insular \In"su*lar\, n. An islander. [R.] --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'insular'

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