narrow-minded
Americanadjective
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having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
- Synonyms:
- self-righteous, illiberal, intolerant, partial, biased, bigoted
- Antonyms:
- tolerant
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not receptive to new ideas; having a closed mind.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- narrow-mindedly adverb
- narrow-mindedness noun
- unnarrow-minded adjective
- unnarrow-mindedly adverb
- unnarrow-mindedness noun
Etymology
Origin of narrow-minded
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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Camara called criticism that she and other candidates were being allowed to run only to give the election a patina of authenticity a "narrow-minded view".
From Barron's
The ways we see the world are narrow-minded binaries.
From Los Angeles Times
The art world was dismissing the popular reception of Photorealism with a similarly narrow-minded explanation: Ordinary people, whose experience was being represented, liked it.
From Los Angeles Times
That friction resulted in growth and development for herself and the narrow-minded people around her.
From Salon
He said he feared that the two great powers, with their nuclear-powered militaries, could accidentally stumble into war, through a mix of excessive nationalism and a narrow-minded approach to competition around the world.
From New York Times
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