Insular
WordNet
adjective
(1) Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
"Little sympathy with parochial mentality"
"Insular attitudes toward foreigners"
(2) Suggestive of the isolated life of an island
"An exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
(3) Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
"Insular territories"
"Hawaii's insular culture"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
< < , perhaps < + .
Adjective
- of, or pertaining to, an island or islands.
- resembling or characteristic of an island.
- situated on an island.
- separate or isolated from its surroundings.
- having an inward-looking outlook, or having little contact with external parties; provincial