open-minded

[ oh-puhn-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈoʊ pənˈmaɪn dɪd /

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adjective

having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or arguments.

unprejudiced; unbigoted; impartial.

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Origin of open-minded

First recorded in 1820–30

OTHER WORDS FROM open-minded

o·pen-mind·ed·ly, adverbo·pen-mind·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby open-minded

open-market operations, open marriage, open mic, open mike, open mind, open-minded, open-mouthed, open one's eyes, open one's heart to, open one's mouth, open order

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Example sentences from the Web for open-minded

Eli says something very interesting during his conversation with Alicia: “They [voters] want people who are open-minded.”
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's Atheism|Regina Lizik|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And just as the NBA and WNBA continue to develop as open-minded sports leagues, Bosh plans to develop even further as a designer.
Miami’s Chris Bosh Goes High Fashion|Justin Jones|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some said that they found trans women more interesting, open-minded, and/or courageous than the average cis woman.
The Struggle To Find Trans Love|Julia Serano|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We have a good president who is open-minded, but I think the pressure needs to come from the bottom up,” he said.
Jackson: Saxophone-Playing Wouldn’t Help Obama|David Freedlander|September 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Were he alive, Herzl might have grounds to sue—but the open-minded journalist would know better.
The 'Defenders of Zionism' Lose Their Case|Gershom Gorenberg|September 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The President urges that the settlement after the war shall be "free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial."
A School History of the Great War|Albert E. McKinley, Charles A. Coulomb, and Armand J. Gerson
The honest, open-minded, and clean-thinking Norwegian people were disgusted beyond words.
British Secret Service During the Great War|Nicholas Everitt
It is one to be approached in a spirit of open-minded inquiry, entirely unaffected by hopes or fears or dogmas or moral claims.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
Which was the greater reverence: to exploit one's own belief; or, open-minded, to be searching for a clearer outlook upon truth?
The Brentons|Anna Chapin Ray
It angered him exceedingly to see how readily his open-minded relative had fallen into the swindlers' trap.
The Rover Boys on the Farm|Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)

British Dictionary definitions for open-minded

open-minded

adjective

having a mind receptive to new ideas, arguments, etc; unprejudiced

Derived forms of open-minded

open-mindedly, adverbopen-mindedness, noun

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