Crossword clues for insularity
insularity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insularity \In`su*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insularit['e].]
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The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.
The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it.
--Pinkerton. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1755, "narrowness of feelings," from insular + -ity. Literal sense attested from 1790.
Wiktionary
n. The quality or property of being insular.
WordNet
n. the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn: insulation, insularism, detachment]
Usage examples of "insularity".
Globalism and tribalism have run to completion, diverging respectively into homogeneous interoperability and the Schwarzschild radius of insularity.
He notices that the English character is losing its insularity, is more accessible to foreign influences, and is adopting foreign, especially French, modes of living.
And the driver's mouth kept going up and down, stuff spilling from that unquenchable hole, but the hitcher's antennae were down again, withdrawn into insularities of silence moving across his mind inscrutable as clouds, subtle shiftings that hinted at yet another twist to the kaleidoscope of personality, an intimation he surrendered wholly to, weak as an addict.