closed
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4.1
- adjective
- /kloʊzd/
- During the discussion, she remained closed to alternative viewpoints and refused to consider other ideas.
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Watch on YouTubeSo you're either validation seeking or you are closed and judgmental.
- So you're either validation seeking or you are closed and judgmental.
- And they are really closed off to new information.
- I'm not sort of closed off from that anymore.
- We shouldn't just withdraw into old friendships and be closed off to the potentials of new friendships.
- Being a gatekeeper means feeling cut off, cynical and to be prepared for people to call you out as closed off, unkind and untrusting.
Examples
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The fear and anger engendered by that kind of relativism can evoke both stubborn closed mindedness and despair.
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We shouldn't just withdraw into old friendships and be closed off to the potentials of new friendships.
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And they are really closed off to new information.
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I'm not sort of closed off from that anymore.
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You know, you're closed more than you are open.
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So you're either validation seeking or you are closed and judgmental.
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He is often closed to feedback, insisting that his approach is the best way to solve the problem.
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Many people are closed to suggestions for improvement when they feel confident in their current methods.
Synonyms
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5.1
Not willing to accept ideas or ways different from their own
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5.5
Not willing to think about new ideas or other people's views
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5.2
Not willing to accept new ideas or different opinions
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6.3
Not willing to listen to or accept new ideas
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6.3
Not willing to accept new ideas or change
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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4.9
To do something easily without thinking because you trust or know it well
Compounds
A system of cameras and monitors that records and shows images for security, not for public broadcast
3
7.2
An election to choose a party candidate in which only registered members of the party can vote
- Specialized
1
7.2
A company that sells a set number of shares that trade on the stock market
- Specialized
1
5.1
A system that uses feedback to keep things like temperature at the right level
- Specialized
1
9.9
A model of the universe whose space curves and contains enough matter to stop and reverse its expansion
- Specialized
1
6.5
A curve with no endpoints that comes back to its starting point, like a circle
- Specialized
1
5.2
A system that recovers, cleans, and reuses materials to avoid waste
- Specialized
1
6.0
A control system that uses information from sensors to adjust itself automatically
- Specialized
1
6.7
A sudden eye condition when the colored part blocks fluid leaving the front of the eye, raising eye pressure quickly
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1
7.9
A company that issues a fixed number of shares which are traded on a stock market
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7.0
A company whose shares are owned by a small group and not sold to the public
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7.9
A curved line on a flat surface that makes a closed loop without crossing itself, like a circle
A plant with blue or purple flowers shaped like a tube that stay mostly closed
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A word from a small fixed set that helps show grammar, like in or and
- Specialized
Heart surgery done through a small cut without opening the chest
How Receptive
Surface Forms
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember closed for a mind is to think of it as 'shut' to new ideas; it comes from claudere 'to shut', so a closed person does not accept other views.