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Insularity

Insularity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insularity? [n] the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insularity: detachment \| insularism \| insulation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insularity: ait \| alien \| apartheid \| archipelago \| atoll \| authoritarianism \| bar \| bigotry \| blind side \| blind spot \| blinders \| cay \| closed mind \| color bar \| continental island \| coral head \| coral island \| coral reef \| cramped ideas \| division \| ethnocentrism \| exclusiveness \| fanaticism \| foreigner \| hideboundness \| holm \| illiberality \| insularism \| insulation \| island \| island group \| islandology \| isle \| islet \| isolation \| Jim Crow \| key \| know-nothingism \| little-mindedness \| littleness \| mean mind \| meanness \| narrow sympathies \| narrow views \| narrow-mindedness \| narrowness \| nearsightedness \| oceanic island \| odium theologicum \| outcast \| out-group \| outsider \| parochialism \| persona non grata \| pettiness \| petty mind \| provincialism \| purblindness \| quarantine \| race hatred \| racial segregation \| reef \| sandbank \| sandbar \| seclusion \| segregation \| separation \| shortsightedness \| shut mind \| smallness \| snobbishness \| straitlacedness \| stranger \| stuffiness \| tightness \| uncatholicity \| xenophobia See Also \| isolation Insularity In Webster's Dictionary \In`sular"ity\, n. [Cf. F. insularit['e].] 1. The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation. The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. --Pinkerton. 2. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.

Insularity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insularity?

[n] the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insularity: detachment | insularism | insulation

See Also | isolation

Insularity In Webster's Dictionary

\In`su*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insularit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being an island or consisting of
   islands; insulation.

         The insularity of Britain was first shown by
         Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. --Pinkerton.

2. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice;
   exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the
   aristocracy.

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