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insularity
noun
A narrow or isolated outlook that excludes outside influences.
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A narrow or isolated outlook that excludes outside influences
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The insular family
insularity is grouped under insular in the main dictionaries. This form keeps its meaning and previous study record.
insularadjective
Narrow in outlook or isolated from outside ideas and influences.
Narrow in outlook
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The insular club rarely sought opinions from beyond its membership.
To challenge its insular habits, the collective invited artists from several different communities to describe their work. The coordinator stressed that provincial thinking was a narrowness of outlook, not a judgment about anyone's hometown.
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Travel challenged the insularity of the small circle.
The essay criticizes the institution's intellectual insularity.
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