1. (

• insular

) relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture" ;

2. (

• insular

) 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. (

• insular ,
• parochial

) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners" ;