Insularity
noun
The state of being closed off or having lack of interest for people, ideas or cultures from outside your own.
His insularity made him suspicious of new people and cultures.
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Formal
noun
The condition of being separated or remote from other places or people.
The insularity of the island community has preserved their traditional way of life.
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Formal
noun
The state of being closed off or having lack of interest for people, ideas or cultures from outside your own.
His insularity made him suspicious of new people and cultures.
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The condition of being separated or remote from other places or people.
The insularity of the island community has preserved their traditional way of life.
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Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Insularity often has a negative tone, implying an unwillingness to change or engage with others.
Their insularity from global trends is harming the company's growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Barrier
It suggests a self-imposed social barrier, not necessarily physical distance.
The community's insularity meant outsiders felt unwelcome.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Isolation
Reflects a voluntary disregard for cultural exchange or diversity.
His insularity kept him from enjoying the multicultural festival.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Insularity often has a negative tone, implying an unwillingness to change or engage with others.
Their insularity from global trends is harming the company's growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Barrier
It suggests a self-imposed social barrier, not necessarily physical distance.
The community's insularity meant outsiders felt unwelcome.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Isolation
Reflects a voluntary disregard for cultural exchange or diversity.
His insularity kept him from enjoying the multicultural festival.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Insularity often has a negative tone, implying an unwillingness to change or engage with others.
Their insularity from global trends is harming the company's growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Barrier
It suggests a self-imposed social barrier, not necessarily physical distance.
The community's insularity meant outsiders felt unwelcome.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Isolation
Reflects a voluntary disregard for cultural exchange or diversity.
His insularity kept him from enjoying the multicultural festival.
Compare with
bigotrychauvinismexclusivityintoleranceisolatorparochialismprovincialismxenophobe
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even as he closes in on her family. Though we might balk at the price the woman pays for this redemption, we’re forced to confront the nuance in moments we might otherwise consider purely violent or evil. O’Connor’s mastery of the grotesque and her explorations of the insularity and superstition of the South
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
of localism that's now arriving, and you see it in how people eat and work and share and buy and move and live their everyday lives, this isn't some precious parochialism, this isn't some retreat into insularity, no.
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Why should you read...
even as he closes in on her family. Though we might balk at the price the woman pays for this redemption, we’re forced to confront the nuance in moments we might otherwise consider purely violent or evil. O’Connor’s mastery of the grotesque and her explorations of the insularity and superstition of the South
Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
of localism that's now arriving, and you see it in how people eat and work and share and buy and move and live their everyday lives, this isn't some precious parochialism, this isn't some retreat into insularity, no.
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This Clown Philosopher...
me Magoo yeah well insularity oriT oh yeah so delicious tomato ricotta marry me no sir Amyas Yadav requested which blissfully is a web of cannot result
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Ross Douthat
American Author
On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up being just as undemocratic as the old emphasis on inheritance and tradition, and it forges an elite that has an aristocracy's vices (privilege, insularity, arrogance) without the sense of duty, self-restraint and noblesse oblige that WASPs at their best displayed.
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Ross Douthat
American Author
On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up being just as undemocratic as the old emphasis on inheritance and tradition, and it forges an elite that has an aristocracy's vices (privilege, insularity, arrogance) without the sense of duty, self-restraint and noblesse oblige that WASPs at their best displayed.
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