Insular vs Bigoted - What's the difference?
insular | bigoted | Synonyms |
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.
* 1836 , , Astoria , ch. 6:
Situated on an island.
* 1851 , , Moby-Dick , ch. 1:
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial.
* 1903 , , Call of the Wild , ch. 1:
Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
* 1905 , , Where Angels Fear to Tread , ch. 6:
Relating to the insula in the brain.
Being a bigot; biased; strongly prejudiced; forming opinions without just cause.
Insular is a synonym of bigoted.
As adjectives the difference between insular and bigoted
is that insular is of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands while bigoted is being a bigot; biased; strongly prejudiced; forming opinions without just cause.As a noun insular
is an islander.insular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- With these he held undisputed sway over his insular domains, and carried on intercourse with the chiefs or governors whom he had placed in command of the several islands.
- There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs.
- [H]e had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation.
- Harriet was fretful and insular . Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything.