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Definition of Insularism
1. Noun. The state of being isolated or detached. "The insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
Generic synonyms: Isolation
Derivative terms: Insular, Insular, Insulate
Definition of Insularism
1. Noun. Insular behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insularism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insularism
Literary usage of Insularism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1892)
"By British insularism, which term is used because the word " provincialism " is
not properly applicable to a nation, is meant that peculiar mental ..."
2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1892)
"By British insularism, which term is used because the word " provincialism " is not
... by companies of merchants for trading purposes, the insularism of ..."
3. History of the English People by John Richard Green (1903)
"... thn very teeth of their political and religious bigotry, that in spite of
their narrow insularism it had made Britain the greatest of European powers. ..."
4. History of the English People by John Richard Green (1900)
"... thn very teeth of their political and religious bigotry, that in spite of
their narrow insularism it had made Britain the greatest of European powers. ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"... unless we wrap ourselves in an insolent insularism, we are bound at least to
ask what is the meaning of their , concurrent testimony. ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"... or has more clearly pointed out, the intolerant insularism and contempt of
other people, which is one of the great national characteristics of ..."
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