narrow-minded
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈnɛroʊˌmaɪndɪd/
- We tend to think of success only in terms of income, but that's a simplistic, narrow-minded view.
- narrow-minded nationalism
- narrow-minded view
- too narrow-minded
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I realized it's just how how, you know, narrow minded I was being so.
- And I realized it's just how how, you know, narrow minded I was being so.
- You can't see that with your narrow minded linear brain.
- She bought us little buttons that said straight, but not narrow minded.
- It's almost like Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell here is bagging on Congress for having such a narrow minded view of let's fix this.
- So I think it's, I'm going to say narrow minded.
- When I like truly the most narrow minded I've ever been was when I was like that, when I was like, oh, her views are kind of low.
- The priest was much older, very, I felt very narrow minded and I was like every time I left church I felt bad about myself.
Examples
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I'm not gonna let you make me out to be some narrow-minded woman right now.
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Many individuals in the United States still have a narrow-minded view of Africa south of the Sahara.
Academic text (1996) -
Right now, my son needs me to protect him from narrow-minded people motivated by fear.
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Why do you give a damn about what these narrow-minded villagers think?
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I was mostly silent, for I didn't want to appear narrow-minded or preach to him.
Fiction book (1993) -
She's infuriating and stubborn and narrow-minded.
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That's a narrow-minded attitude.
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So, for all the nay-sayers here, get over your narrow-minded, ignorant selves and get informed!
Blog text (4) -
It's almost like Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell here is bagging on Congress for having such a narrow minded view of let's fix this.
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It's narrow-minded to assume that everyone shares your beliefs and values.
Synonyms
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2.6
Limited in range or what it covers, often about ideas
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4.1
Not willing to accept new ideas or opinions
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7.8
Showing strong, unfair dislike of people with different beliefs or backgrounds
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4.6
Not willing to accept people who have different opinions or beliefs
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5.5
Showing strong ideas and not willing to listen to others
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5.5
Not willing to think about new ideas or other people's views
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6.5
Not willing to accept new ideas and quick to judge others
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5.2
Not willing to accept new ideas or different opinions
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8.1
Not open to new ideas and people from outside a small community
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6.7
Refusing to change your mind even when shown evidence
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8.1
Not willing to consider other ideas or views
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9.9
Not willing to accept new ideas because of old traditions
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9.5
Still holding old beliefs and unwilling to change
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8.2
Not willing to accept other people's opinions or beliefs
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7.8
Very strict about behavior and dress
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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
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8.0
Not willing to accept different ideas or change
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9.8
Accepting only one group or idea and not allowing other views
Antonyms
How Narrow-Minded
- Offensive
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7.8
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4.6
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5.2
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5.1
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3.2
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3.5
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Narrow-minded comes from the parts narrow ('not wide') and mind ('thinking'). So a narrow-minded person has a 'not wide' mind, which helps you remember they are not willing to accept ideas or views that are different from their own.