insular
IPA: ˈɪnsʌɫɝ
noun
- An islander.
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.
- Situated on an island.
- Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial.
- Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
- (anatomy) Relating to the insula in the brain.
- (biochemistry) Relating to insulin.
- (linguistics, anthropology) (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.
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Examples of "insular" in Sentences
- The US is a very insular country.
- Its insularity is therefore double.
- Its insularity is therefore triple.
- I'm more concerned than ever by insularity.
- Cuba is the most populous insular nation in the Caribbean.
- It also assumed the control of the insular customs duties.
- Part of this is explained by the neighbourhood's insularity.
- Moreover, the insularity of birdwatchers is hardly and argument.
- Academic insularity is sometimes referred to as the ivory tower.
- Unless you can cite sources that list the insularity of Scottish islands.
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