insularity
Closed-off provincial mentality
Insularity is the quality of being isolated, detached, or narrow in outlook, like an island cut off from the mainland.
It most often describes a mindset that resists outside influences or ideas: The insularity of the small town made newcomers feel unwelcome.
The word can also refer literally to the geographical condition of being an island, though the figurative sense of parochial thinking dominates contemporary usage.
Excessive local focus
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- close-mindednessResistance to new ideas
myopia · intolerance · bigotry · prejudice · chauvinism · small-mindedness · blinkered · inward-looking
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
reclusiveness · hermitage · sequestration · remoteness · privacy · segregation · enclave · retreat
Shielding local producers
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- autarkyComplete economic independence
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
embargo · sanctions · self-sufficiency · anti-globalization · isolationism
parochialism
Excessive local focus
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
close-mindedness · myopia · intolerance · bigotry · prejudice · chauvinism · small-mindedness · blinkered · inward-looking · clannishness
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- withdrawalAct of taking away
aloofness · reclusiveness · hermitage · sequestration · remoteness · privacy · segregation · enclave · retreat · sanctuary
protectionism
Shielding local producers
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- autarkyComplete economic independence
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
subsidies · embargo · sanctions · self-sufficiency · anti-globalization · isolationism
archipelago
Chain of scattered islands
maritime · shoreline · lagoon · reef · tropical · volcanic · remoteness · isolation · offshore · seagirt
- narrow-mindednessnarrow-mindedness, narrowness, close-mindedness, closed-mindedness, close-minded
- sectarianismsectarianism, sectarian, sect, schism, schismatic
- xenophobiaxenophobia, nativism, anti-immigrant, anti-immigration, bigotry
- valuesvalue, honesty, worth, fairness, morals
- Britishnesstea, London, BBC, Big Ben, royal family
- divisiondivision, divide, divided, dividing, split
insularitycosmopolitanism
Belief in shared humanity
open-mindedness · openness · broadmindedness · worldliness · receptivity
insularityinterconnectedness
State of mutual linkage
cosmopolitanism · globalism · cultural exchange · integration · inclusivity
insularitycosmopolitanism
Belief in shared humanity
globalism · internationalism · worldliness · universalism · multiculturalism
island, isle, peninsula, insulate, insular, insulation, islet, peninsular, peninsulas