Usage of "insularity"

португальский

каталонский

The state of being isolated or detached.

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

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Examples for "provinciality"

The whole scene, paltry, confined, and dull, reached for her the extreme of provinciality. 
 The Old Wives' Tale 

Down there, nothing is not ridiculed that is not some phase of a provinciality. 
 The Young Seigneur / Or, Nation-Making 

Egoists, then, are guilty of a kind of stupid provinciality. 
 The Moral Economy 

In spite of the foulness and the provinciality of Bursley, Sophia enjoyed the intimacy with Constance. 
 The Old Wives' Tale 

All the absurd fastidiousness of her schoolgirlish provinciality emerged in that eager, affected torrent of remarks. 
 The Old Wives' Tale 

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The interaction also made people question the insularity of their reading habits. 
 The Irish Times 

That I think is due to the insularity of our national character. 
 The Clue of the Twisted Candle 

Matthew Elliott, who then coached Bradford, saw such insularity as a weakness. 
 The Guardian 

But for all that, there is a sometimes comforting, even infuriating, insularity. 
 BBC 

Such insularity can only produce an echo chamber, not candid debate. 
 Reuters 

Yet there was a moment when this insularity promised to wane. 
 Last and First Men 

They were complacent in their insularity, and had a prejudice against the foreigner. 
 Lectures on Modern history 

McCormack brought an unnervingly idiosyncratic vision to bear on small-town conservatism and insularity. 
 The Irish Times 

We removed that Luke McGregor McGregor says the town's insularity is entirely intentional. 
 The Guardian 

Until the end of her life, a certain insularity clung to Kate Lee. 
 The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" 

But insularity may have played as big a role as denial. 
 NY Magazine 

There is no reason, other than insularity, why we are such poor linguists. 
 The Guardian 

Sir, - The well-known insularity of your paper can at times reach astonishing proportions. 
 The Irish Times 

He proved the insularity of the South Land, and examined the long-neglected east coast. 
 The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 

Yet Son of Saul also offers a strange commentary on our own current insularity. 
 The Guardian 

If I believe my ears, there is nothing but stupidity and insularity in England. 
 The Parts Men Play 

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