insular vs off the grid

insular

adj
  • Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial. 

  • Situated on an island. 

  • Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner. 

  • Relating to insulin. 

  • (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. 

  • Relating to the insula in the brain. 

  • Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands. 

noun
  • An islander. 

off the grid

adj
  • Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system. 

  • Not connected to a publicly available communication system, such as the World Wide Web or a mobile telephone network. 

  • Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system. 

adv
  • Secretly; in a clandestine manner. 

  • In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used. 

  • In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed. 

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