insularism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insularism
Noun
  • Its insularity has shielded it from the reckless overdevelopment that has scarred much of the nearby Costa Blanca.
    Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That insularity — reinforced by government policy — could slow the spread of its cultural exports abroad.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement Advertisement Today, in popular narratives of the civil rights movement, journalists are remembered as heroes who braved the South’s violent parochialism to shine a light on those confronting Jim Crow segregation.
    Made by History, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Central government has done nothing to pressure the council to abandon its parochialism.
    Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Right-wing figures have blamed the Left for increasing the political temperature and resulting in Kirk’s assassination by weaponizing accusations of fascism, Nazism, and various kinds of bigotry.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The goal for today's audiences, Maze said, is for people to be inspired by Grunwald's story and to speak out against bigotry and hatred, especially in an era of rising antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To me, that’s a sign of growing self-assurance, not intolerance.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Lactose is a type of sugar in butter and other dairy products that is difficult to digest in people with lactose intolerance.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That — metaphorically and literally — is earned dogmatism, the risk that expertise breeds rigidity in our thinking and decision-making.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • As the container of our culture’s internal contradictions, including dogmatism and pragmatism, individualism and communitarianism, and Biercean indignation and Emersonian transcendence, hardcore is as American as atomic warfare.
    Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • This is provincialism: putting narrow interests over the well-being of not just current residents, but also the entire city.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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“Insularism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insularism. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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