insularism

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Noun
  • To do so, the party will have to find an antidote for party insularity syndrome.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Tomkins was witness to the art world losing its old insularity and museum shows becoming celebrity gatherings and status symbols.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • To dismiss animism as ignorant, superstitious, or atavistic is to partake in modern parochialism, and this serves the interests of those who, like the tree’s killers, delight in destroying life.
    Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But what once provided insulation is now likely fostering parochialism.
    Harry G. Broadman, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Greenberg suggests this remains a useful lens for looking at bigotry today.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2026
  • But the Ohio gubernatorial candidate who clinched his party’s nomination this week alluded to bigotry on the right in his opening message to a town hall full of young Republicans.
    Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Davis-Urman also told CNBC that Barrière is also launching into 1,700 Walmart stores with its two newest offerings, including a motion sickness patch and what the company said is the first-ever lactose intolerance patch on the market.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 6 May 2026
  • Barrière is launching the world’s first lactose intolerance patch.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • By staying so close to black metal’s core sound, Marchenko does more to undermine the dogmatism—both racial and aesthetic—of Vikernes and his ilk than a more obviously experimental project might.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But for the audience the scariest revelation in the conversation isn’t his dogmatism.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.
    Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This provincialism was identified as such and condemned by Merlin Klee, who had been a Freedom Rider as well as a Catholic before joining the community.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Insularism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insularism. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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