WOTD and QOTD

Word of the Day

insular (ɪnsələr , ఇన్సలర)
Example
Even in the era of globalization, it looks like the people of North Korea live an insular existence.
Definition
adjective

  1. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
    Synonyms:  parochial
    “insular attitudes toward foreigners”

    “little sympathy with parochial mentality”

  2. suggestive of the isolated life of an island
    “an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist”
  3. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
    “Hawaii’s insular culture”

    “insular territories”

Quote of the Day

“You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.”

Stanislaw Lec

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