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insularity

Pronunciation: /ˌɪnsjʊˈlarɪti/
Definition of insularity

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience:an example of British insularity
  • lack of contact with other people:the stifling insularity of the children’s existence
  • 2the state or condition of being an island: he proved the insularity of Van Diemen’s Land by circumnavigating it in 1798

insularity in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of insularity in the US English dictionary