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Synonyms
in·su·lar (ĭńsə-lər, ĭnśyə-)

[French insulaire, from Late Latin īnsulāris, from Latin īnsula, island.]

adjective 

    1. Of, relating to, or constituting an island.
    2. Living or located on an island.
    1. Suggestive of the isolated life of an island: “He is an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist” (Leonard Michaels)
    2. Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience; narrow or provincial.
  3. Anatomy Of or relating to isolated tissue or an island of tissue.

derivatives

ińsu·lar·ism
noun
ińsu·lar·ly
adverb