narrow-minded
- 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
And 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
Limited in range or what it covers, often about ideas
Not willing to accept people who have different opinions or beliefs
Showing strong, unfair dislike of people with different beliefs or backgrounds
Showing strong ideas and not willing to listen to others
Not willing to accept new ideas and quick to judge others
Not open to new ideas and people from outside a small community
Not willing to think about new ideas or other people's views
Not willing to accept new ideas or different opinions
Refusing to change your mind even when shown evidence
Not willing to accept new ideas or change
Not willing to consider other ideas or views
Not willing to accept new ideas because of old traditions
Not willing to accept other people's opinions or beliefs
Still holding old beliefs and unwilling to change
Not willing to listen to or accept new ideas
Not willing to accept different ideas or change
Very strict about behavior and dress
Accepting only one group or idea and not allowing other views
Not willing to accept new ideas or opinions
Antonyms
How Narrow-Minded
- Offensive
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.