A blinkered view, attitude, or approach is narrow and does not take into account other people's opinions. A blinkered person has this kind of attitude.
[British, disapproval]
They've got a very blinkered view of life.
Haig was limited by his blinkered approach to strategy and tactics.
He seems to be so blinkered that he cannot see what is happening around him.
Synonyms: narrow-minded, narrow, one-sided, prejudiced More Synonyms of blinkered
blinkered in British English
(ˈblɪŋkəd)
adjective
1.
considering only a narrow point of view
2.
(of a horse) wearing blinkers
Examples of 'blinkered' in a sentence
blinkered
That is a blinkered view.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Such a blinkered attitude could cost him his job.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Perhaps that was always a blinkered attitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He is able to offer a useful corrective to the often blinkered view of what the subject is about.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
This is a blinkered view.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Our lives become narrow, blinkered, limited.
Ingham, Christine Life Without Work (1994)
That's too blinkered an approach '.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This comes as no surprise: after all, choosing a particular lifestyle does not necessarily entail a completely blinkered attitude to any possible advantages in other lifestyles.
Pearson, Althea Growing Through Loss and Grief (1994)
(adjective)
Definition
considering only a narrow point of view
They've got a very blinkered view of life.
Synonyms
narrow-minded
He's just a narrow-minded bigot.
narrow
a narrow and outdated view of family life
one-sided
She gave a very one-sided account of the affair.
prejudiced
She complains that her social worker was prejudiced against her.
biased
The judge was biased.
partial
Some of the umpiring in the tournament was partial.
discriminatory
Reforms were introduced which abolished racially discriminatory laws.
parochial
the stuffy and parochial atmosphere of a small village
constricted
insular
The old image of the insular Brit is slowly starting to change.
hidebound
The men are hidebound and reactionary.
one-eyed
lopsided
Opposites
open-minded
,
impartial
,
unbiased
,
broad-minded
,
unprejudiced
Additional synonyms
in the sense of biased
The judge was biased.
Synonyms
prejudiced,
weighted,
one-sided,
partial,
distorted,
swayed,
warped,
slanted,
embittered,
predisposed,
jaundiced
in the sense of discriminatory
Definition
based on prejudice
Reforms were introduced which abolished racially discriminatory laws.
Synonyms
prejudiced,
biased,
partial,
weighted,
favouring,
one-sided,
partisan,
unjust,
preferential,
prejudicial,
inequitable
in the sense of hidebound
Definition
restricted by petty rules and unwilling to accept new ideas