INSULAR


Meaning of INSULAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsjʊlə(r), AM -sə- ]

If you say that someone is insular , you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to meet new people or to consider new ideas.

...the old image of the insular, xenophobic Brit.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

• in‧su‧lar‧ity

But at least they have started to break out of their old insularity.

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