Get to know Insular better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like land or earth.
Insular meaning
- Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
- Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.
- Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
Synonyms of Insular
Using Insular
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands. | Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial. | Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
- Useful related words include: land, dry land, earth, ground.
- In the example corpus, insular often appears in combinations such as: an insular, the insular, insular and.
Context around Insular
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Insular
- In this selection, "insular" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, loop, retaining, patriarchy, script, affairs and economic stand out and add context to how "insular" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the insular echo chamber and becomes more insular and less. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "insular" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aftermarket, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with insular
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Equatorial Guinea consists of two parts, an insular and a mainland region. (12 words)
Yet feminism does not strive to be the patriarchy: insular, isolated, and unbalanced. (13 words)
Growing up, Nafsika Skourti recalls: “Amman was quaint and insular — we had maybe one cinema. (15 words)
Insular script used a minuscule which retained two downward strokes, but which did not close the loop ("Insular r", ꞃ); this variant survives in the Gaelic type popular in Ireland until the mid 20th century (but now mostly limited to decorative purposes). (42 words)
It would be a source of great personal joy to encounter a few with the same indomitable spirit and will along the way over here; on this mainland that is so insular and singular in its individual docility, its national fragility. (41 words)
One of the few things that could pierce the insular Biden team and persuade Mr. Biden to reconsider his run is the argument that his legacy could include tarnishing the Democratic Party and its electoral prospects, one of the sources indicated. (41 words)
Are the tighter controls a sensible policy for strengthening national security or an insular one that will drive away investment? (20 words)
If you’ve experienced any of this, then congratulations, you’re switching on your anterior insular cortex, the place in your brain where your empathy lives! (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Insular script used a minuscule which retained two downward strokes, but which did not close the loop ("Insular r", ꞃ); this variant survives in the Gaelic type popular in Ireland until the mid 20th century (but now mostly limited to decorative purposes).
It’s not the moment to be hyper-managing one’s own social media presence, lest anyone think you’re insular or a conservative or a dork.
It would be a source of great personal joy to encounter a few with the same indomitable spirit and will along the way over here; on this mainland that is so insular and singular in its individual docility, its national fragility.
L to R: Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor, Governor Josh Green, M.D. Photo Courtesy: Office of the Governor.
The alternative is to say fans couldn’t give a rat’s hindquarters about Europe because they live in a world that has never been so insular on a domestic level.
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has awarded more than $1.2 to the Government of the Virgin Islands (GVI) for four separate projects through the federal agency’s Technical Assistance Program (TAP).
Under the Biden administration, isolationism is also rife, where US interests and insular economic policies are a key priority.
Cornyn in particular has built a fundraising juggernaut with which he’s generously supported his colleagues (an important thing in an insular popularity contest).
Equatorial Guinea consists of two parts, an insular and a mainland region.
In one important area, the U.S. broke with the maritime empire template that had created cosmopolitan economies while retaining insular ruling elites in Athens, Venice, Holland, and Great Britain.
One of the few things that could pierce the insular Biden team and persuade Mr. Biden to reconsider his run is the argument that his legacy could include tarnishing the Democratic Party and its electoral prospects, one of the sources indicated.
The selection process also provided an unexpected glimpse into the insular cultural and political microclimate of Delaware, one of the country’s smallest states, where encounters with the first family were so commonplace as to be almost unremarkable.
Yet feminism does not strive to be the patriarchy: insular, isolated, and unbalanced.
Are the tighter controls a sensible policy for strengthening national security or an insular one that will drive away investment?
Forgotten risk groups Meanwhile, as we try to cope with lockdown, stay safe, work from home or even hang on to our jobs, our focus naturally becomes more insular, and less international.
Growing up, Nafsika Skourti recalls: “Amman was quaint and insular — we had maybe one cinema.
If you’ve experienced any of this, then congratulations, you’re switching on your anterior insular cortex, the place in your brain where your empathy lives!
Its this unnatural, inflexible and insular attitude that is initially attractive, but long term annoying because its Japanese way or no way.
Many of the writers also questioned why the Supreme Court sought to limit how the Insular Case law is applied in the territories but didn’t seek to strike the law down.
She expressed concern about the 'insular echo chamber' of online services popular with teenagers such as YouTube in which youngsters can talk about transgender identification.
Common combinations with insular
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an insular 14×
- the insular 12×
- insular and 10×
- of insular 6×
- and insular 6×
- insular world 3×
- insular art 3×
- so insular 2×
- for insular 2×
- insular affairs 2×