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Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.
  3. n. An islander.
  4. adj. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  5. adj. suggestive of the isolated life of an island
  6. adj. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
  7. 1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc. 2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. The penury of insular conversation. Johnson. An islander. [R.] Berkeley.
  8. An islander. [R.] Berkeley.
  9. j:100 a. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island s. suggestive of the isolated life of an island; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels s. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope