insular

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɪnsəlɚ/ UK /ˈɪnsjələ/ See IPA manual

Freq #64542

Meanings

1

adj
Not interested in new ideas or in people outside your own group; narrow-minded.

Living in such a remote village made the community rather insular.
2

adj
Relating to or living on an island.

The country governs several small insular territories in the Pacific.

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1 adj · not interested in new ideas... parochial

Word family

Derived forms adipoinsularcircuminsularenteroinsularfrontoinsularinsularityinsularizationinsularizeinsularlyinterinsularmicroinsularmonoinsularnoninsular

Related forms insularism insulate insulationinsulatorisolate isolationisolatorpeninsula

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.

īnsulāris Latin

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# insular

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪnsəlɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪnsjələ/
**Frequency rank:** 64542

## Meanings
1. Not interested in new ideas or in people outside your own group; narrow-minded.
2. Relating to or living on an island.

## Examples
- Living in such a remote village made the community rather insular.
- The country governs several small insular territories in the Pacific.

## Derived Forms
- adipoinsular
- circuminsular
- enteroinsular
- frontoinsular
- insularity
- insularization
- insularize
- insularly
- interinsular
- microinsular
- monoinsular
- noninsular

## Related Forms
- insularism
- insulate
- insulation
- insulator
- isolate
- isolation
- isolator
- peninsula

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: īnsulāris

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.

## AI Etymology
Insular is a learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin. Important recorded forms include īnsulāris (Latin). Current senses include not interested in new ideas or in people outside your own group; narrow-minded and relating to or living on an island. The wider family includes derived forms such as adipoinsular, circuminsular, enteroinsular, frontoinsular, and insularity; related words such as insularism, insulate, insulation, and insulator.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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