Meaning of islandism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A form of regionalism in which one's primary loyalty is to the island on which one lives and to its people.
   countable, uncountable
2. A word, phrase, or custom that is local to one island.
   countable, uncountable
3. A state of social isolation and the concomitant self-sufficiency; a failure to be aware of or rely on others.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“West Indian nationalism was challenged by islandism not simply for the ownership of "loyalty" of the people of the federated islands, and for what Max Weber has called the "title to rule";”

“Another ramification of islandism is the strong sense that people must look after people from their own community in government, business and social obligations.”

“It also allowed competing islandisms in more “advanced” colonies to view their own advancement as being impeded by the other colonies, if not by the Federation itself.”

“At the same time, however, tensions over the reopening of the mine are fracturing the space of islandism, just as they are the space of landownership.”

“It is certainly a dialect word, possibly even that rare item, an Islandism.”

“By now the reader will be forewarned that this is not a dictionary of 'Islandisms,' of words or meanings apparently unique to Prince Edward Island.”

“There were "small island" jokes ("I hear the roads in antigua are so narrow, the dogs have to wag their tails up & down") and other islandisms.”

“The story of Kent is an example of 'islandism' and its consequences. Looked at in practical terms , a re-connection of this part of England into the Continental economy promises all gain and no loss.”

“Protection service lends itself particularly to a system's concept because one of the major problems in healthcare security is one referred to as "islandism.” Islandism simply means standing alone, attempting to protect oneself without the benefit of knowing what is happening in the other local or systems healthcare facilities.”

“The novel also reveals the terrible isolation of a mountain community as a clue to Andean reality, what essayist Fernando Chaves called "islandism".”

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