Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being an island, or of being insular in situation or character; restriction within or as within an island; that which is characteristic of an island or of the inhabitants of an island; insularism.
Wiktionary
- n. The quality or property of being insular.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.
- n. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the state of being isolated or detached
Examples
“And there will be a high speed train from Shanghai to Tokyo. we need to recognize we are way behind, and our insularity is the problem. let's learn from others joshamar, in fact, the form of row house I am talking about includes neighborhoods that are rich, and poor.”
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“In her conversations about the UIC chancellorship she posed her alertness to a multicultural, multiethnic future against what she calls the insularity of that campus.”
“So sometimes that first period of insularity is not”
“With fantasy the insularity is even worse: the fantasy reader who has not read the original ancient epic poems of which modern fantasy is merely a variation or imitation runs the risk of being unduly impressed with a watered-down and modernized version of a rich and ancient literary tradition.”
“Henninger: Well, insularity is hardly the word, Paul.”
“Sometimes, too, cohesion is just another word for insularity or even self-dealing.”
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“But it does point to a certain insularity or, perhaps, laziness in doing the leg work to discern a more accurate portrait of the new American poetry.”
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“So do you think this cultural ignorance, or this insularity, is the Achilles heel of the American empire?”
“That doesn't mean that they are stupid people but it does imply a certain insularity that is maddening.”
“In this gripping, intricately plotted thriller, Claire Keesey, the branch manager for a Boston bank and one of an influx of young professionals chipping away at the neighborhood’s insularity, is taken hostage during a robbery.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘insularity’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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GRE Barron's 800
abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abject, abjure, abscission, abscond, abstemious, abstinence, abysmal, accretion and 787 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1906 more...
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jaradgiese's Words
paronomasia, ostensible, insouciant, sobriquet, burlesque, insalubrious, apotheosis, hyperbole, connubial, felicity, florid, conurbation and 642 more...
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Systems of Survival
Words from the book by Jane Jacobs.
Jane Jacobs, Systems of Survival, system, survival, Ralph Waldo Emerson, morals, values, territories, trade, working life, loyal, honest and 123 more...
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Magooosh
impugn, repudiate, sardonic, barnstorm, bemoan, unseemly, cornerstone, noisome, malodorous, retroactively, spuriously, spasmodically and 217 more...
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List for Test Day
heresy, reversion, predilection, pedagogy, disparate, virtuous, refurbish, efficaciously, provenance, heckler, amorphous, epitome and 236 more...
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GRE
predisposed, browbeaten, hegemonic, corollary, mendacity, remnant, futile, touchstone, upshot, intuition, perseverance, perk and 214 more...
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Go over
mollify, obstinate, obviate, occlude, onerous, obscure, paragon, pedantic, perfunctory, placate, placid, prodigal and 364 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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GRE 3500 I
ignoble, ignominy, illicit, illimitable, imbibe, immaculate, impale, impalpable, impart, impasse, impassive, impeccable and 96 more...
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essential words(41-50)
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lambaste, lascivious, lassitude, latent, laud, levee, levity, liberal, libertine, limn, limpid, linguistic and 78 more...
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Etymology III
List for a workshop on vocabulary
fizzle, crapulence, dragoman, traduce, usurp, usury, fructuous, usufruct, disparate, mephitic, fetor, fetus and 64 more...
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Words beginning with i
incipient, infusion, itinerant, impressionable, inferior, iconoclastic, idolatry, immutable, impair, impassive, impermeable, impervious and 23 more...
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