Insular Definition & Meaning

insular
adjective
  1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
  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. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"

"Insular" in song lyrics

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