Word Meanings - INSULARITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation. The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. Pinkerton. 2. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness;

Additional info about word: INSULARITY

1. The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation. The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. Pinkerton. 2. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INSULARITY)

• Isolation
• Segregation
• detachment
• disconnection
• insularity
• self-containedness

Related words: (words related to INSULARITY)

• DISCONNECTION
  The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.
• DETACHMENT
  1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. 2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments.
• INSULARITY
  1. The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation. The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. Pinkerton. 2. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness;
• SEGREGATION
  Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process. (more info) 1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
• ISOLATION
  The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. Milman.