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insular
adjective
Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
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ˈɪnsjələ
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adjective
Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
“Little sympathy with parochial mentality”
adjective
Suggestive of the isolated life of an island
“{'source': 'Leonard Michaels', 'text': 'an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist'}”
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
“Insular territories”
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Little sympathy with parochial mentality
Insular attitudes toward foreigners
{'source': 'Leonard Michaels', 'text': 'an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist'}
Insular territories
Hawaii's insular culture
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