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Insularity
ˌɪn(t)sjʊˈlarɪti
Insularity definitions
noun
insularity
- ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience
"an example of British insularity"
narrow-mindedness blinkered approach/attitude parochialism provincialism localism narrowness small-mindedness pettiness short-sightedness myopia inflexibility dogmatism illiberality intolerance prejudice bigotry bias partisanship sectarianism xenophobia discrimination isolation inaccessibility separation segregation detachment solitariness loneliness insulation self-sufficiency- lack of contact with other people
"the stifling insularity of the children's existence"
- the state or condition of being an island
"he proved the insularity of Van Diemen's Land by circumnavigating it in 1798"