insularity

insular | American Dictionary

insular
adjective
us/ˈɪn·sə·lər, -sjə-/
interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas or people

Examples of insular

insular
Within this context, insular biogeography was and still is the paradigm in evolutionary and ecology research (at least in a macro-perspective approach).
We expect that withinhost parasite density should not affect parasite fecundity in insular populations, contrary to mainland populations.
Isolation produces a large number of strong insular variants, which in some cases develop into separate serotypes.
We cannot formally separate the effects of density and other features of insular populations.
The paucity of the modern-day insular herpetofaunas is reflected in the fossil reptile diversity of the solution cavity fills found on the same islands.
Their timidity is expressed in small casts, small theatrical ambition, and an insular small-mindedness.
In many respects this was a negative, vulgar, insular, and xenophobic political culture.
They therefore had no desire to see the issue assume a prominent place in insular politics.
The insular nature of the fissure herpetofauna is very significant in understanding the reptiles' ecology and evolution.
Nested subsets and the structure of insular mammalian faunas and archipielagos.
The close ties that often characterize insular communities also suggest another reason for the proliferation of variation and change in such communities.
Branch campus students tend to have a much more isolated and insular college experience.
That the geographical context of insular urban studies will have to be widened is also clear.
Circuitry and functional aspects of the insular lobe in primates including humans.
We believe that this insular approach now needs to be challenged.
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