narrowness
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈnɛroʊnəs/
:
intolerancia
- And we have been struck by the seeming narrowness and polemicisation of the debate.
And we have been struck by the seeming narrowness and polemicisation of the debate.
- And we have been struck by the seeming narrowness and polemicisation of the debate.
Examples
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The narrowness of the conception of transformativeness adopted by both majorities in Hart and Keller, and now in Davis, is disturbing from a free speech perspective.
Academic text (2016) -
I mean, it seems to be really just a kind of narrowness in the, in the way that philosophers go at this stuff.
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In this country, where we have inherited a squeamish tradition, the English, we are in the process of overcoming the narrowness of our heritage.
Academic text (1990) -
At the same time, it is important to avoid excessive narrowness and to place each specialization within the larger domain of music by occasionally including activities that demonstrate connections to other specializations.
Academic text (2008) -
The best that can be said of it is that it is a sign of the intellectual narrowness—in plain English, the stupidity—which is still the average mark of our culture.
Academic text (2006) -
What we now suffer in economics is a hardness of intellect, a meanness of spirit, a narrowness of vision, and a rigidity of thinking that utterly distorts the role of what economics in our society should be.
Blog text (34) -
In chapter seven of Whole Earth Discipline, Stewart Brand (who considers himself a "green" as well as a pragmatist) complains of ideological narrowness among some environmentalists.
Blog text (5) -
At present, American universities are not equipped for this challenging task because the narrowness of ideological conformity, combined with an uncritical trust in technology that characterizes the once best of them from Stanford on the West Coast to Harvard and Yale in the East, makes any factual exploration of these questions close to impossible.
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Many people fail to understand the narrowness of mind that comes from refusing to consider other viewpoints.
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Her narrowness of perspective made it difficult for her to empathize with those who had different beliefs.
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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7.4
Not willing to accept opinions or ways that are different from your own
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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
An attitude of not accepting different opinions or ways of life
A narrow way of thinking that focuses only on a small group
A way of thinking that only cares about local matters and ignores wider issues
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Etymology
Narrowness comes from narrow ('not wide') and -ness ('state'), and people use it for a mind that is 'not open'. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine new ideas being stopped by a narrow path, which is why narrowness can mean 'unwillingness to accept different views'.