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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being an island, or of being insular in situation or character; restriction within or as within an island; that which is characteristic of an island or of the inhabitants of an island; insularism.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.
  • noun Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality or property of being insular.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the state of being isolated or detached

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