as in parochialism
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Recent Examples of insularity
That insularity has long been at the root of the Globes’ wackier moves.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
But if the hotel has made the town enticing to a new kind of visitor—say, one who appreciates the convenience of its helipad—the property has none of the hermetic insularity of a traditional resort.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Its insularity has shielded it from the reckless overdevelopment that has scarred much of the nearby Costa Blanca.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
That insularity — reinforced by government policy — could slow the spread of its cultural exports abroad.
—Big Think, 18 Sep. 2025
Saul Steinberg’s artwork captured the insularity of Manhattan, the blithe sense of locals that not much beyond the island really exists nor matters.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
This may be Riley’s attempt to portray the insularity and impenetrability of Ruth’s community, a faith so particular that even the reader is denied access to it.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insularity
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Within a few years of leaving Texas, Rauschenberg had upended everything the place had meant to him, smashing through the parochialism of small-town Southern life, where necks were broken in Jesus’ name, and families indentured or murdered.—
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Advertisement Advertisement Today, in popular narratives of the civil rights movement, journalists are remembered as heroes who braved the South’s violent parochialism to shine a light on those confronting Jim Crow segregation.—
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This provincialism was identified as such and condemned by Merlin Klee, who had been a Freedom Rider as well as a Catholic before joining the community.—
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This is provincialism: putting narrow interests over the well-being of not just current residents, but also the entire city.—
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However, some people have a histamine intolerance, meaning their bodies have trouble breaking down the chemical in the gut.—
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Ironically, this episode increases the report’s credibility by demonstrating the academy’s intolerance for conflicts of interest.—
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“Insularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insularity. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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