Insular (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial: insular attitudes toward foreigners.
  2. standing alone; detached; isolated: an insular building.
  3. of or relating to an island or islands: a nation's insular possessions.
  4. dwelling or situated on an island.
  5. forming an island: insular rocks.
  6. of, relating to, or characteristic of islanders or isolated people: insular tribes;insular sects.
  7. occurring in or characterized by one or more isolated spots, patches, or the like.
  8. pertaining to an island of cells or tissue, as the islets of Langerhans.
noun
  1. an inhabitant of an island; islander.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling an island
  2. remote, detached, or aloof
  3. illiberal or narrow-minded
  4. isolated or separated
Insular (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions