adj.
- uninterested in ideas, cultures, etc. other than one's own; narrow-minded.
▸lacking contact with other people.
- relating to or from an island.
▸(of climate) equable because of the influence of the sea.
- Anatomy relating to the insula of the brain.
Derivative
- insularity n.
- insularly adv.
Etymology
C16 (as n. denoting an islander): from late L. insularis, from insula ‘island’.