insular Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
- insular territories
- Hawaii's insular culture
adjective satellite suggestive of the isolated life of an island; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
- an exceedingly insular man
adjective satellite narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
parochial.
- little sympathy with parochial mentality
- insular attitudes toward foreigners

L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F. insulaire. See Isle.

Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.
The penury of insular conversation. Johnson.