EGAVE

insular

About 1.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of, being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
  2. adjective Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others' opinions or prejudices; provincial.
  3. adjective Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
  4. adjective Relating to the insula in the brain.
  5. adjective Relating to insulin.
  6. adjective (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
  7. noun An islander.

Similar words

provincial parochial private island isle islander bigoted illiberal narrow closed

Often followed by

affairs and possessions government position cortex cases possession situation

Word family

insularism insularisms insularities insularity insularly

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