insular

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or constituting an island.
  2. adjective Living or located on an island.
  3. adjective Suggestive of the isolated life of an island: "He is an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist” (Leonard Michaels).
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  • For a moment everything was hushed and insular, the special white quiet that exists only in snowstorms. —  RemoteControl
  • I do have to agree with John Davison that climate blogs are often a bit too insular, and echo chambers like WUWT or Climate Progress often seem a bit dull. —  RealClimate
  • While his songwriting is as emotionally direct and haunting as ever (no amount of studio sheen could change that), this EP never feels insular, as his previous albums sometimes did. —  Mininova
  • The territory, along with other insular areas, receives a portion of approximately $30 million based on the number of migrants living on the island. —  KUAM.com - KUAM News
  • Thriving economies are built upon a blend of inward investment and indigenous companies not the sort of insular, ourselves alone approach of the UCUNF. —  Slugger O'Toole
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  1. French insulaire, from Late Latin īnsulāris, from Latin īnsula, island.

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  1. = French insulaire = Spanish Portuguese insular, from Latin insularis, of or belonging to an island, from insula, an island, perhaps from in, in, + salum, the main sea, = Greek σάλος, surge, swell of the sea. Hence ult. (from Latin insula) English isle, isolate, etc.
 

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