insular
adjective/ˈɪnsjələ(r)/
/ˈɪnsələr/
- (disapproving) only interested in your own country, ideas, etc. and not in those from outside
- The British are often accused of being insular.
- (usually disapproving) having little contact with other people
- people living restricted and sometimes insular existences
- (specialist) connected with an island or islands
- the coastal and insular areas
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting an islander): from late Latin insularis, from insula ‘island’.
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