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Insularism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Insular (withdrawn) behavior. countable, uncountable

    "So many voices of so various countries cannot be simply set aside: unless we wrap ourselves in an insolent insularism, we are bound at least to ask what is the meaning of their concurrent testimony."

  2. 2
    the state of being isolated or detached wordnet

Etymology

From insular + -ism.

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