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单词 narrow-mindedness
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narrow-mindednessn.

Brit. /ˌnarəʊˈmʌɪndᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌnɛroʊˈmaɪn(d)ᵻdnᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: narrow-minded adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < narrow-minded adj. + -ness suffix. Compare broad-mindedness n. at broad-minded adj. Derivatives.
The quality or condition of being narrow-minded.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun]
narrow-mindedness1646
parvanimitya1691
narrowness1697
narrow-spiritedness1709
little-mindedness1767
narrow-mindeda1774
contraction1775
illiberality1775
smallness1813
illiberalism1839
narrow-heartedness1850
single-track mind1919
tunnel vision1949
1646 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. p. xxxiv Persons that endeavour to put narrow-mindedness out of countenance, by the practice of so extensive a charity.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. §33. 164 The Jews..being led thereto by the same Narrow-mindedness.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 300 The sources of narrow-mindedness, considered as a fault of the Will.
1835 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. viii. 16 The narrow-mindedness of every sect plays out its own play.
1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 6 Every weapon that the prejudice and narrow-mindedness of the many..could devise.
1939 Philos. Rev. 48 151 When it [sc. Sparta] perished it left only memories of Spartan discipline, courage, and narrow-mindedness.
1987 J. Uglow George Eliot i. 15 Evans's determination and decisiveness could harden into obstinacy and narrow-mindedness.
2001 Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 13 Oct. Tony Blair appears to have crossed into messianic delusion based on a colonial narrow-mindedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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