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narrow-minded

[ nar-oh-mahyn-did ]

adjective

  1. having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. not receptive to new ideas; having a closed mind.


narrow-minded

adjective

  1. having a biased or illiberal viewpoint; bigoted, intolerant, or prejudiced
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲǷ-ˈԻ, adverb
  • ˌԲǷ-ˈԻԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Բ۴Ƿ-ԻĻ· adverb
  • Բ۴Ƿ-ԻĻ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·Բ۴Ƿ-ԻĻ adjective
  • un·Բ۴Ƿ-ԻĻ· adverb
  • un·Բ۴Ƿ-ԻĻ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of narrow-minded1

First recorded in 1615–25
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Example Sentences

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Yet there were undoubtedly grumbles from some in the community about the new arrivals, prompting an excoriating editorial in The Buteman newspaper condemning "narrow-minded bigotry".

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The ways we see the world are narrow-minded binaries.

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The art world was dismissing the popular reception of Photorealism with a similarly narrow-minded explanation: Ordinary people, whose experience was being represented, liked it.

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The cultures of politics and journalism are too short-sighted and narrow-minded to face up to our predicament.

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The Republican Party’s narrow-minded “America First” impulses, pushed by former President Donald Trump, have emboldened authoritarian rulers like Vladimir Putin.

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