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Learn the meaning of narrow-minded, a word that describes someone who is not open-minded or tolerant of different opinions, beliefs, or behaviors. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.
Narrow-minded means not willing to accept or consider other people's different ideas and behavior. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and compare it with broad-minded.
Find 66 words that mean narrow-minded, such as conservative, bigoted, intolerant, and parochial, and their opposites, such as liberal, tolerant, and open-minded. See definitions, examples, and related entries for narrow-minded.
Narrow-minded definition: having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.. See examples of NARROW-MINDED used in a sentence.
If you describe someone as narrow-minded, you are criticizing them because they are unwilling to consider new ideas or other people's opinions.
Being narrow-minded means that you've got a rigid and ungenerous perspective on the world. It's narrow-minded to believe that everyone who disagrees with you is wrong. A narrow-minded person can see only their own tiny slice of the world and doesn't attempt to learn about and understand other people's experiences.
Narrow-mindedness is the quality of being unwilling to accept ideas that are different from your own. Learn more about this word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations in different languages.
