narrow-mindedness
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈnɛroʊˈmaɪndədnəs/
- His narrow-mindedness prevented him from seeing the value in others' different viewpoints.
Examples
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Ledent considers Mantel's criticism of Phillips's assault on literary tribalism to be evidence of the critic's narrow-mindedness and obliviousness to artistic freedom.
Academic text (2008) -
You can't let your ethnic narrow-mindedness stop your son from thriving in our culture.
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There was even a TV comedy series dedicated to American narrow-mindedness.
Blog text (13) -
Each time he thought about the narrow-mindedness of people, he began to seethe all over again.
Fiction book (1990) -
Being self-satisfied is not worth the narrow-mindedness of only talking to those who already agree with you.
Blog text (10) -
But pure rejection of possibilities is narrow-mindedness and is less likely to produce the results that you may desire.
Blog text (27) -
The story exposes the narrow-mindedness of the whites who turn Indian children against their parents' way of life.
Academic text (1998) -
As long as we're bewailing narrow-mindedness, we might want to look at experience in some parallel church institutions.
Blog text (21) -
You guys do your side no favors by insisting on your narrow-mindedness.
Blog text (5) -
But it's always easier to organize around intolerance, narrow-mindedness, and false nostalgia.
Blog text (9)
Synonyms
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7.0
An unfair dislike of people from other groups like different races or religions
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4.6
Not willing to accept small annoyances or people with different views
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9.4
Being separate from other places and having a narrow view of the world
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9.6
A narrow way of thinking that focuses on local issues
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9.3
A strong focus on local customs and a dislike of outside ideas
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6.5
Unwillingness to accept ideas or people different from your own
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8.0
A habit of thinking badly about people quickly without trying to understand them
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8.9
An attitude of not accepting different opinions or ways of life
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8.0
A way of thinking that only cares about local matters and ignores wider issues
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9.0
A narrow way of thinking that focuses only on a small group
Antonyms
How Narrow-Minded
Surface Forms
Morphology
narrow-mindedness = narrow-minded (transparent) = narrow + mind + ed + ness
Formed regularly from the adjective 'narrow-minded' with the nominalizing suffix '-ness'; the relation is predictable for learners.
Etymology
Narrow-mindedness comes from narrow ('small' or 'limited'), mind ('thoughts'), and the ending -ness that makes this into a quality. Think of a mind like a narrow street where new ideas cannot pass, so narrow-mindedness means not willing to accept different opinions.