English-Thai Dictionary

insular

ADJ ซึ่ง มี มุมมอง แคบ  ซึ่ง มี ทัศนคติ แคบ  bigoted narrow-minded broad-minded sueng-me-mum-mong-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSULAR

a.[L. insularis, from insula, an isle. ] Belonging to an isle; surrounded by water; as an insular situation.

 

INSULAR

n.One who dwells in an isle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INSULAR

In "su *lar, a. Etym: [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F.insulaire. See Isle. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.

 

2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. The penury of insular conversation. Johnson.

 

INSULAR

INSULAR In "su *lar, n.

 

Defn: An islander. [R.] Berkeley.

 

INSULARITY

In `su *lar "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insularité.]

 

1. 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.

 

2. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.

 

INSULARLY

INSULARLY In "su *lar *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an insular manner.

 

INSULARY

INSULARY In "su *la *ry, a.

 

Defn: Insular. [Obs. ] Howell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

insular

in su lar |ˈins (y )ələr ˈɪns (j )ələr | ▶adjective 1 ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience: a stubbornly insular farming people. • lacking contact with other people: people living restricted and sometimes insular existences. 2 of, relating to, or from an island: the movement of goods of insular origin. • of or relating to the art and craftwork of Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages, esp. a form of Latin handwriting: insular illumination of the 6th century. • (of climate ) equable because of the influence of the sea. 3 Anatomy of or relating to the insula of the brain. DERIVATIVES in su lar ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting an islander ): from late Latin insularis, from insula ‘island. ’

 

insularity

in su lar i ty |ˌins (y )əˈlaritē, -ˈler- ɪnsəˈlærəti | ▶noun ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience: an example of British insularity.

 

Oxford Dictionary

insular

in |su ¦lar |ˈɪnsjʊlə | ▶adjective 1 ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience: a stubbornly insular farming people. • lacking contact with other people: people living restricted and sometimes insular existences. 2 relating to or from an island: goods of insular origin. • relating to a form of Latin handwriting used in Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages: insular illumination of the 6th century. • (of climate ) equable because of the influence of the sea. 3 Anatomy relating to the insula of the brain. DERIVATIVES insularly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting an islander ): from late Latin insularis, from insula ‘island ’.

 

insularity

in |su ¦lar |ity |ˌɪnsjʊˈlarɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 ignorance 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. 2 the state or condition of being an island. he proved the insularity of Van Diemen's Land by circumnavigating it in 1798.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

insular

insular adjective 1 insular attitudes: narrow-minded, small-minded, inward-looking, parochial, provincial, small-town, shortsighted, hidebound, blinkered; set in one's ways, inflexible, rigid, entrenched; illiberal, intolerant, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, xenophobic; informal redneck. ANTONYMS broad-minded, tolerant. 2 an insular existence: isolated, inaccessible, cutoff, segregated, detached, solitary, lonely, hermitic. ANTONYMS cosmopolitan.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

insular

insular adjective 1 a stubbornly insular group of people: narrow-minded, limited, blinkered, restricted, inward-looking, conventional, parochial, provincial, small-town, localist, small-minded, petty-minded, petty, close-minded, short-sighted, myopic, hidebound, dyed-in-the-wool, diehard, set, set in one's ways, inflexible, dogmatic, rigid, entrenched, illiberal, intolerant, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, sectarian, xenophobic, discriminatory; Brit. parish-pump, blimpish; French borné; N. Amer. informal jerkwater; rare claustral. ANTONYMS broad-minded; tolerant. 2 an insular community which has few links with the rest of the world: isolated, inaccessible, cut off, closed, separate, segregated, detached, solitary, lonely, insulated, self-contained, self-sufficient. ANTONYMS accessible; cosmopolitan.

 

insularity

insularity noun 1 he was untrammelled by the insularity which bedevilled the art world: narrow-mindedness, blinkered approach /attitude, parochialism, provincialism, localism, narrowness, small-mindedness, pettiness, short-sightedness, myopia, inflexibility, dogmatism, illiberality, intolerance, prejudice, bigotry, bias, partisanship, sectarianism, xenophobia, discrimination. ANTONYMS broad-mindedness; tolerance. 2 the valley's insularity has proved a blessing: isolation, inaccessibility, separation, segregation, detachment, solitariness, loneliness, insulation, self-sufficiency. ANTONYMS accessibility.

 

Duden Dictionary

insular

in su lar Adjektiv |insul a r |spätlateinisch insularis eine Insel, Inseln betreffend; zu einer Insel gehörend, für eine Insel charakteristisch, typisch insulares Klima | insulare Vegetation

 

Insularität

In su la ri tät Substantiv, feminin , die |Insularit ä t |die Insularität; Genitiv: der Insularität lateinisch-neulateinisch Insellage, geografische Abgeschlossenheit

 

Spanish Dictionary

insular

insular adjetivo 1 De la isla o las islas, o relacionado con ellas :en esa zona se conserva uno de los núcleos más importantes de la biodiversidad cubana y de todo el Caribe insular .SINÓNIMO isleño .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es de una isla :el presidente insular .SINÓNIMO isleño .

 

insularidad

insularidad nombre femenino Cualidad de insular, hecho de ser isla :la insularidad ha condicionado histórica, económica y socialmente a Sicilia .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

insular

in su lar /ɪ́ns (ə )lə r |-sjʊ -/形容詞 1 島国根性の ; 偏見を持った, 偏狭な ; 島民のような .2 島の ; 島の形をした ; 島に住む ; 島にある ; 島に特有な ; (島のように )孤立した .～ism /-rɪ̀z (ə )m /, in su lar i ty /ɪ̀nsəlǽrəti |-sju- /名詞