insularity

英 [ˌɪnsju'lærəti] 美 [ˌɪnsju'lærəti]

• n. 岛国性质；（思想观念的）偏狭

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being isolated or detached;

   "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It was a typical case of British chauvinism and insularity.
   这是典型的英国沙文主义和偏狭心理的事例。

经典引文

• When our prejudiced insularity was at its height, when to an Englishman..the whole of..Europe was a den of immorality.

  出自： Baroness Orczy

词汇搭配

• insular 岛的

近反义词

【近义词】

• insulation 【物】绝缘（体）...
• detachment 冷漠
• insularism 岛国根性