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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for insular:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
insular
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated on an
           island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
    2: suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly
       insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the
       scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
    3: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy
       with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward
       foreigners" [syn: insular, parochial]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Insular \In"su*lar\, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F.
   insulaire. See Isle.]
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   1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or
      possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an
      insular climate, fauna, etc.
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   2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow;
      circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits,
      opinions, or prejudices.
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            The penury of insular conversation.   --Johnson.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Insular \In"su*lar\, n.
   An islander. [R.] --Berkeley.
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