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单词 insularism
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insularismn.

Etymology: < insular adj. + -ism suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈinsulaˌrism.
The quality of being insular, or of having the character which is developed by living on an island detached from free intercourse with other people; esp. narrowness of ideas, feelings, or outlook.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [noun]
insularity1755
provinciality1769
localism1798
provincialism1819
parish pump1840
parochialism1847
vestrydom1860
vestryism1861
Podsnappery1864
parochialness1866
vestryhood1871
insularism1880
peninsularity1882
parochiality1887
parish pumpery1902
localitis1943
bourgeois-mindedness1955
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 142 The intolerant insularism and contempt of other people, which is one of the great national characteristics of Englishmen.
1880 J. Nichol Byron 210 Unless we wrap ourselves in an insolent insularism, we are bound at least to ask..the meaning of their concurrent testimony.
1888 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Young Mistley II. vii. 101 This curse of ‘insularism’ militates against England.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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