Meaning & use
insularity
A narrow-minded or isolated outlook that results from limited contact with other places, cultures, or ideas.
See it in a sentence
Years of insularity left the small town suspicious of any outside influence.
The company's insularity meant it never noticed how the market was changing.
A note on using this word
Insularity can describe a literal island's isolation or a figurative closed-mindedness toward outside ideas.
Words with a similar meaning
narrow-mindednessisolation
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Words with an opposite meaning
opennesscosmopolitanism
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