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insular
- /ˈɪnsjələ/ UK
- /ˈɪnsəlɚ/ US
- /ˈɪnsjəlɚ/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.
adjective more insular · most insular
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Of, being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
Near-synonym: islandic
Similar: islandic
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Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others' opinions or prejudices; provincial.
Near-synonym: peninsular
Similar: peninsular
- Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner. Harriet was fretful and insular. Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything: her only regret was that she had no pretty clothes with her.
- Relating to the insula in the brain.
- Relating to insulin.
- (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.
noun insulars
- An islander. these insulars in general live in a gross saline air , and their vessels being less elastic are consequently less able to subdue and cast off what their bodies as sponges draw in
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: provincial, parochial, private, island, isle, islander, bigoted, illiberal, narrow, closed, narrow-minded, smug, isolated, blinkered, torres, colombiano
Translations
Every language
adj of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
| Español | insular |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 섬의 seomui |
| 日本語 | 島の shima no |
| 中文 | 島的 /岛的 dǎo de |
| हिन्दी | द्वीपीय dvīpīya, जज़ीराई jazīrāī, टापूई ṭāpūī |
| Português | insular |
| Français | insulaire |
| Deutsch | Insel- |
| Italiano | insulare, isolano |
| Ελληνικά | νησιώτικος nisiótikos |
| Română | insular |
| Русский | островно́й ostrovnój |
| Tiếng Việt | đảo, hòn đảo |
| العربية | جَزَرِيّ jazariyy |
adj situated on an island
| Español | insular |
|---|---|
| Português | insular |
| Русский | островно́й ostrovnój |
adj separate or isolated from the surroundings
| 日本語 | 切り離された kirihanasareta, 孤立した koritsu shita |
|---|---|
| Português | isolado, isolada |
| Română | izolat |
| Русский | за́мкнутый zámknutyj, огоро́женный ogoróžennyj, ограни́ченный ograníčennyj, изоли́рованный izolírovannyj |
adj inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn
| 日本語 | 島国根性の shimaguni konjō no, 偏狭な henkyō na |
|---|---|
| Italiano | limitato, ristretto, di corte vedute, di vedute ristrette, chiuso in sé |
| Русский | за́мкнутый zámknutyj |
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