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insularity

/in-suh-lar i tee, ins-yuh-/US // ˌɪn sə ˈlær ɪ ti, ˈɪns yə- //

岛国,孤立性,孤岛性,岛国性

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or condition of being an island:Great Britain, because of its insularity, was only reachable by sea until 1785, when the first balloon successfully crossed the English Channel by air.
    • : the state or condition of dwelling on or being situated on an island:None of the other aspects of the fossil show adaptations common among island dwellers, so insularity is not a good argument to explain its form.
    • : the state or condition of being detached or isolated:Growing populations have in many places made the insularity of religious communities difficult to preserve.
    • : the state or condition of being narrow-minded or provincial:Our neighbors' insularity was both psychological and cultural: they had no interest whatsoever in literature, history, art, government, science, film, or the outdoors.

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Examples

  • Traders — who call themselves, affectionately, an offensive term for people with developmental disorders — built their own insular subculture as they egged one another on for profit, camaraderie and the thrill of the hunt.

  • SwimSwam broke the news of Keller’s apparent involvement in the attack Monday, blasting the news well beyond the insular world of elite, Olympic-level swimming.

  • They didn’t do so by embracing narrow, insular efforts geared toward self-preservation.

  • But Brown has no interest in insularity or convenient resolutions.

  • He has spent years alleging bias and insularity in the scientific community.

  • Finally, Mor insists that the real insularity exists not on the American Jewish, but on the Palestinian side.

  • The insularity extends to the “papabile”—the roll call of possible, even likely popes.

  • This insularity is a long-held and well-known habit of this administration when setbacks happen, and it's not admirable.

  • It has at least this to its credit that we view our insularity with less composure.

  • We see now that there are two sides to this blessing of insularity.

  • For this I hope not to be accused of what is sometimes perhaps facetiously called ‘insularity’.

  • They know how badly they need help and they do mean to be as good to us as their benignant insularity will permit.

  • You, in this country, are subjected to the British insularity in weights and measures; you use the foot and inch and yard.