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Meanings of insularity in English

Portuguese
isolamento
Catalan
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The state of being isolated or detached.

        isolamento

        Lack of interested into anything outside one's own experience.

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              Usage of insularity in English
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              The interaction also made people question the insularity of their reading habits.
              The Irish Times
              2
              That I think is due to the insularity of our national character.
              The Clue of the Twisted Candle
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              Matthew Elliott, who then coached Bradford, saw such insularity as a weakness.
              The Guardian
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              But for all that, there is a sometimes comforting, even infuriating, insularity.
              BBC
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              Such insularity can only produce an echo chamber, not candid debate.
              Reuters
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              Yet there was a moment when this insularity promised to wane.
              Last and First Men
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              They were complacent in their insularity, and had a prejudice against the foreigner.
              Lectures on Modern history
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              McCormack brought an unnervingly idiosyncratic vision to bear on small-town conservatism and insularity.
              The Irish Times
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              We removed that Luke McGregor McGregor says the town's insularity is entirely intentional.
              The Guardian
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              Until the end of her life, a certain insularity clung to Kate Lee.
              The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"
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              But insularity may have played as big a role as denial.
              NY Magazine
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              There is no reason, other than insularity, why we are such poor linguists.
              The Guardian
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              Sir, - The well-known insularity of your paper can at times reach astonishing proportions.
              The Irish Times
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              He proved the insularity of the South Land, and examined the long-neglected east coast.
              The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
              15
              Yet Son of Saul also offers a strange commentary on our own current insularity.
              The Guardian
              16
              If I believe my ears, there is nothing but stupidity and insularity in England.
              The Parts Men Play
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