## Etymology
From insular (from Late Latin insularis 'of an island', from Latin insula 'island') + the suffix -ism, denoting narrowness of outlook from isolation.

## AI Etymology
insularism comes from insular (from Late Latin insularis 'of an island', from Latin insula 'island') + the suffix -ism, denoting narrowness of outlook from isolation. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "narrowness of outlook arising from isolation; insularity", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as insular, insularity, isle, and island. Its semantic neighborhood includes insularity, parochialism, narrow-mindedness, and provincialism, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin insularis and Latin insula.

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