insular English

Meaning insular meaning

What does insular mean?

insular

— adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island insular territories Hawaii's insular culture

— adjective (= parochial) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope little sympathy with parochial mentality insular attitudes toward foreigners

— 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

Synonyms insular synonyms

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insular English » English

narrow-minded

prejudiced

parochial

illiberal

closed

unsociable

stuffy

straitlaced

stodgy

small-minded

small minded

self-contained

secluded

seagirt

prejudicious

preconceived

petty

pessimistic

narrow minded

moody

jaundiced

isolated

introverted

hidebound

glum

gloomy

exclusive

dour

dark-natured

close-minded

bigoted

biased

archipelagic