peninsularityn.
/pᵻˌnɪnsjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S. /pəˌnɪnsəˈlɛrədi/ 1. A narrow-minded character or outlook, of the sort supposed to result from living on a peninsula and thus having limited contact with other peoples; mental or intellectual isolation akin to insularity.
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
1882 G. Allen in Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 599 Amusing chat about the peninsularity of the Spaniards.
1964 Punch 30 Sept. 506/1 In marriage he has the right and the duty to practise mental peninsularity.
2000 Western Morning News (Nexis) 6 Dec. 4 The Cornish..may..be fairly accused of a certain insularity—or perhaps peninsularity—in their attitudes to their friends and neighbours.
2. The fact of being a peninsula; peninsular nature.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula > condition of being
peninsularity1891
1891 J. Winsor Columbus xviii. 426 There is no proof that he ever suspected the peninsularity of Cuba.
1912 Science 22 Mar. 447/1 Amundsen also discovered ranges of mountains, the peninsularity of King Edward VII Land, and the origin of the oceanic ice-cap.
1993 Times 30 Sept. 21/5 A survey which..finally confirmed the peninsularity of Graham Land.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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