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narrow-minded

adj

Etymology

From narrow + minded.

  1. inherited from *méntis✻ — “thought”
  2. inherited from *mundiz✻
  3. inherited from *mundi✻
  4. inherited from mynd
  5. inherited from minde
  6. suffixed as minded — “mind + ed”
  7. compounded as narrow-minded — “narrow + minded”

Definitions

  1. Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.

    • Even Mr. Wilson's speech, excellent as it was, could only condemn the Government's narrow-minded approach for the reasons we have outlined, [...].

  2. Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced.

    • What GCN has done for prisoners is an act of love, all the more precious because it's done despite the many voices of the narrow-minded who refuse to admit that our humanity remains, even past the prison gates.

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Derived

narrow-mindedly, narrow-mindedness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA