Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

insular

 

1) like an island; isolated; 2) narrow-minded

 

The blatantly insular ideas expressed by the Prime Minister evoked criticism from around the globe.

 

Related English word: insularism (state or quality of being insular), insularity 

 

Latin root word: insula, insulae, f. - island

 

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