narrow-minded

[nar-oh-mahyn-did]

adjective

1. having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.

   Synonyms: self-righteous, illiberal, intolerant, partial, biased, bigoted
   Antonyms: tolerant

2. not receptive to new ideas; having a closed mind.

narrow-minded

adjective

1. having a biased or illiberal viewpoint; bigoted, intolerant, or prejudiced

Other Word Forms

• narrow-mindedly adverb
• narrow-mindedness noun
• unnarrow-minded adjective
• unnarrow-mindedly adverb
• unnarrow-mindedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of narrow-minded¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

Yet there were undoubtedly grumbles from some in the community about the new arrivals, prompting an excoriating editorial in The Buteman newspaper condemning "narrow-minded bigotry".

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The ways we see the world are narrow-minded binaries.

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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.

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The cultures of politics and journalism are too short-sighted and narrow-minded to face up to our predicament.

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The Republican Party’s narrow-minded “America First” impulses, pushed by former President Donald Trump, have emboldened authoritarian rulers like Vladimir Putin.

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Related Words

• hidebound 
• parochial 
• petty