closed-minded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of closed-minded
Modeled after open-minded
Example Sentences
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From 1971 to 1978,” Reiner played Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the progressive foil and son-in-law to Carol O’Connor’s proudly closed-minded conservative Archie Bunker in Norman Lear’s “All in the Family.”
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
They love to be influencers but are closed-minded and uninfluenceable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
"It just shows how closed-minded people are, and let's say if I was a famous artist I don't think anyone would say anything."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
A lot of people in the electorate are pretty closed-minded, and they’re going to either not trust us at all or just not pay attention to us at all.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2024
“I wasn’t going to be closed-minded about this new experiment,” Shirin Oloumi, a lawyer who specialized in prosecuting car break-ins before leaving the district attorney’s office in August, said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
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