insular

Both bands got there after years building devoted, insular fandoms, while also serving as entry points into the genre for newcomers.

"But what I learned is that a lot of songwriters are introspective, insular people - and when you throw them in front of a camera, it's quite challenging."

Across the amygdala and the insular cortex, typically associated with emotional processing, he found that brain scans showed consistent patterns for positive and negative emotions, but not mixed emotions.

As Conor enters the game to save his dog and his insular world expands, the film itself tends to amble.

This year, he revisited gossip as a recurring evil, likening the Curia’s atmosphere to any insular office rife with whispered critiques.