insularism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insularism
Noun
  • But if the hotel has made the town enticing to a new kind of visitor—say, one who appreciates the convenience of its helipad—the property has none of the hermetic insularity of a traditional resort.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • 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
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
  • It was intentionally designed to provoke, to offend, and to remind us that bigotry is still alive and well in certain corners of local leadership.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Kara opposes this hate group, fighting the calculated acts of disinformation, intolerance, and bigotry.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nathan and everyone else here is ideally supportive; the sole negativity comes from the parents, who come off as rather one-dimensional caricatures of glint-eyed intolerance in their few scenes.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Both are generally safe, although kefir may not be suitable for those with lactose intolerance or a milk allergy.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 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 20 Nov. 2025.

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