open-minded
having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or arguments.
unprejudiced; unbigoted; impartial.
Origin of open-minded
1Other words from open-minded
- o·pen-mind·ed·ly, adverb
- o·pen-mind·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby open-minded
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How to use open-minded in a sentence
Eli says something very interesting during his conversation with Alicia: “They [voters] want people who are open-minded.”
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Some said that they found trans women more interesting, open-minded, and/or courageous than the average cis woman.
“We have a good president who is open-minded, but I think the pressure needs to come from the bottom up,” he said.
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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)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 SinclairShe became his public, as it were, and no man ever had a more open-minded, clear-headed public than that.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineAt that time I was quite open-minded, I had arrived at no definite conclusion as to the existence or non-existence of ghosts.
Animal Ghosts | Elliott O'DonnellHis smooth, soft ways won Olaf's heart and the open-minded king put complete trust in him.
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British Dictionary definitions for open-minded
having a mind receptive to new ideas, arguments, etc; unprejudiced
Derived forms of open-minded
- open-mindedly, adverb
- open-mindedness, noun
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