Associations to the word «Insular»

Wiktionary

INSULAR, adjective. Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.
INSULAR, adjective. Situated on an island.
INSULAR, adjective. Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial.
INSULAR, adjective. Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
INSULAR, adjective. Relating to the insula in the brain.
INSULAR, noun. An islander.
INSULAR GRAY FOX, noun. Channel Island fox
INSULAR SPANIARD, noun. A person of Spanish descent who lives in the Philippines.

Dictionary definition

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

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