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insular
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[ˈɪnsjʊlə], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience
(e.g: a stubbornly insular farming people)
- relating to or from an island
(e.g: goods of insular origin)
- relating to the insula of the brain
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Origin
:
mid 16th century (as a noun denoting an islander): from late Latin insularis, from insula ‘island’
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