insular

1. a. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc. Source: opted

2. a. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. Source: opted

3. n. An islander. Source: opted

4. adj. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island Source: wordnet

5. adj. suggestive of the isolated life of an island Source: wordnet

6. adj. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

8. An islander. [R.] Berkeley. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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