insularity
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9.4
- noun
- /ˌɪn.səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti/
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- The insularity of the town made it difficult for new ideas to take root.
- cultural insularity
- insularity and isolation
And the point there is that the Kargish lands, there's an insularity, pun intended, to them.
- And the point there is that the Kargish lands, there's an insularity, pun intended, to them.
- And literally the insularity of the American discourse is actually frightening.
Examples
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The insularity and relatively unchanging use patterns were typical until the beginning of the 1990s.
Academic text (2007) -
Yet the reporter described a scene of seemingly deliberate insularity and isolation.
Academic text (2004) -
Several of our leading schools of music have in recent years taken steps to counter this insularity.
Academic text (1996) -
The film was "a culmination of decades of political insularity," he said in an interview.
Blog text (26) -
Unfortunately, the insularity of this community comes back to haunt them in the end.
Blog text (7) -
The greatest cost of the current process is not in its insularity, its embarrassments, or even its delays.
Academic text (2002) -
Cahill roots the contemporary crisis in the insularity of families and in their diminished investment in the poor.
Academic text (2002) -
What is startling about Bulletin #14 is its apparent insularity.
Academic text (2005) -
Geography and history predispose Afghanistan toward insularity, but Islam connects the mountainous country to its neighbors.
Academic text (2001) -
Despite their differences, the pathologies of methodolatry and politicization are twin, born of the insularity besetting academic life and discourse.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
172
3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
30
7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
22
6.5
A state of being private and away from other people
12
5.1
A quiet, private place away from other people
6
4.9
A separation from outside influence or contact
5
6.5
Being by yourself and choosing quiet time instead of being with others
2
6.6
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
1
9.6
A narrow way of thinking that focuses on local issues
1
9.3
A strong focus on local customs and a dislike of outside ideas
1
6.7
A state of being separate from other people
1
6.5
Unwillingness to accept ideas or people different from your own
1
8.2
A tendency to live alone and avoid social contact
A way of thinking that keeps a country apart and closed to outside ideas
A place or group that is cut off and surrounded by a different area
A narrow view of the world that cares only about local matters
A way of thinking that only cares about local matters and ignores wider issues
A narrow way of thinking that focuses only on a small group
Antonyms
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word insularity comes from the Latin root insula, meaning 'island'. Think of an island cut off from others, so insularity means being isolated or having a narrow point of view.