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ˈinsulaˌrism
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The quality of being insular, or of having the character which is developed by living on an island detached from free intercourse with other people; esp. narrowness of ideas, feelings, or outlook.
1880Blackw. Mag. Feb. 142 The intolerant insularism and contempt of other people, which is one of the great national characterstics of Englishmen. 1880J. Nichol Byron 210 Unless we wrap ourselves in an insolent insularism, we are bound at least to ask..the meaning of their concurrent testimony. 1888H. S. Merriman Young Mistley II. vii. 101 This curse of ‘insularism’ militates against England. |