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insular

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in·su·lar - ˈins(y)ǝlǝr 

adjective

farming people.

1 ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience: a stubbornly insular

• lacking contact with other people: people living restricted and sometimes insular existences.

2 relating to or from an island: the movement of goods of insular origin.

• relating to the art and craftwork of Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages, especially a form of Latin

handwriting: insular illumination of the 6th century.

• (of climate) equable because of the influence of the sea.

3 Anatomy relating to the insula of the brain.

 

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introspection engine

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introspection engine n. / in-trə-'skep-shən 'en-jən

A proposed smartphone case that could keep your phone from spying on you.  Conceived by Edward Snowden and hacker Andrew Huang it would monitor the phone's circuitry to make sure it's not sending signals that reveal your location. 

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