Insular
adjective
Narrow-minded due to isolation
“The department had grown insular, rarely engaging with scholarship from outside its own tradition.”
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What does insular mean?
Commonly confused with
- NotBroadly open
- NotCarefully inclusive
- NotLoudly diverse
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