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• a  relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  insular territories
  Hawaii's insular culture
• s  suggestive of the isolated life of an island; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
  an exceedingly insular man
• s  narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
  insular attitudes toward foreigners

• It is hard to imagine that a country as enlightened as this would have such insular groups.
• The insular ruling junta did not allow any correspondent to meet the incarcerated human rights activist.
• James realized that the insular mindset of the people of the country was a big impediment to progress.

• parochial

News & Articles

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• Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Fight to Fit In
  Israel has been consumed in recent months with the challenge of integrating the insular, swelling ultra-Orthodox minority, known as Haredim, into society.
  June 6, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Horace Engdahl in CNN
  The US is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature,Engdahl said. "That ignorance is restraining."
• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  The reality is that sometimes policymaking in Washington can become too insular,Obama said. "The walls of the echo chamber can sometimes keep out fresh voices and new ways of thinking -- and those who serve in Washington don't always have...
• Shane Warne in Melbourne Herald Sun
  The real team spirit will be tested,Warne said on Channel 9 commentary. "You've got to not get insular and not just worry about your own game. The series is gone and they are going to be under pressure. South Africa have copped some...