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单词 narrow-minded
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Definition of narrow-minded in English:

narrow-minded

adjective narəʊˈmʌɪndɪdˌnɛroʊˈmaɪndəd
  • Not willing to listen to or tolerate other people's views; prejudiced.

    it would be narrow-minded not to welcome these developments
    narrow-minded provincialism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such a comment betrays an inflexible narrow-minded misunderstanding of our enemies and how to combat them.
    • Visit their website for reactionary, narrow-minded tripe!
    • Good education, untainted by narrow-minded politicians, provides the basis for a healthy society and democracy.
    • The more selfish and narrow-minded interests are allowed to rule, the fewer good things there are for the country and the citizens as a whole.
    • On most of the cases that count, she has proved to be anathema to their narrow-minded view of the world and Constitution.
    • It was just sort of a narrow-minded point of view of what would happen.
    • Laying down a moral code and enforcing it with bans, punishment and guilt, produces petty, narrow-minded people.
    • Some people easily give up a chance or some potential probably because of a narrow-minded and negative point of view.
    • Where have we seen this narrow-minded extremist view before?
    • Was his mockery of posters encouraging riding a bike meant to appeal to the narrow-minded prejudices of his more polluting punters?
    • Hardly the conduct of a sectarian or narrow-minded politician.
    • In today's cyber age, people take it as an insult to be labelled narrow-minded for their opinions with obvious bias.
    • I think this is a narrow-minded view, with all due respect, that you are holding.
    • Another downside is dealing with narrow-minded clients who don't allow you to move forward with what is clearly the best strategy for their business.
    • Instead they choose to hurt a person who doesn't fit into their narrow-minded view of the world.
    • If one remains narrow-minded, ignorant and intolerant of others this dream is impossible.
    • Beneath his bluff exterior, he is a narrow-minded reactionary with merely some financial success.
    • I'm frustrated with narrow-minded view of history this article represents.
    • Because they exploit the fears and incite the prejudices of the narrow-minded.
    • The professor also slammed the government's research funding agencies for narrow-minded views on how to train researchers.
    Synonyms
    intolerant, illiberal, reactionary, conservative, ultra-conservative, conventional, parochial, provincial, insular, small-town, localist, small-minded, petty-minded, petty, close-minded, short-sighted, myopic, blinkered, inward-looking, narrow, hidebound, dyed-in-the-wool, diehard, limited, restricted, inflexible, dogmatic, rigid, entrenched, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, sectarian, discriminatory
    prudish, priggish, strait-laced, stuffy, puritanical, moralistic, prim, starchy, prissy, shockable
    racist, racialist, chauvinistic, chauvinist, sexist, nationalistic
    British parish-pump, blimpish
    French borné
    North American informal jerkwater
    rare claustral

Derivatives

  • narrow-mindedly

  • adverb
    • Anyhow, that's enough of sounding narrow-mindedly judgmental for now.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Such establishments are terrible, despicable, entity-consuming corporations narrow-mindedly seeking profit.
      • I couldn't believe how narrow-mindedly I had shown off, flaunting my presumed strength.
      • These subsidies narrow-mindedly tie payments to production.
      • They all marry women they've fought and won for; narrow-mindedly believing that this is the only way.
  • narrow-mindedness

  • noun ˌnarəʊˈmʌɪndɪdnəsˌnɛroʊˈmaɪndədnəs
    • National one-sidedness and narrow-mindedness become more and more impossible, and from the numerous national and local literatures, there arises a world literature.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said: ‘I feel absolutely appalled by all the narrow-mindedness of the school chiefs and the residents over the road from the school.’
      • A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.
      • And she has learned that if twelve and thirteen-year-old children can interpret and correct their actions of narrow-mindedness, adults have no excuse.
      • From this viewpoint, the Salem witch trials of 1692 are a logical consequence of their narrow-mindedness and bigotry.
 
 

Definition of narrow-minded in US English:

narrow-minded

adjectiveˌnerōˈmīndədˌnɛroʊˈmaɪndəd
  • Not willing to listen to or tolerate other people's views; prejudiced.

    it would be narrow-minded not to welcome these developments
    narrow-minded provincialism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The more selfish and narrow-minded interests are allowed to rule, the fewer good things there are for the country and the citizens as a whole.
    • Where have we seen this narrow-minded extremist view before?
    • Another downside is dealing with narrow-minded clients who don't allow you to move forward with what is clearly the best strategy for their business.
    • On most of the cases that count, she has proved to be anathema to their narrow-minded view of the world and Constitution.
    • It was just sort of a narrow-minded point of view of what would happen.
    • Good education, untainted by narrow-minded politicians, provides the basis for a healthy society and democracy.
    • If one remains narrow-minded, ignorant and intolerant of others this dream is impossible.
    • In today's cyber age, people take it as an insult to be labelled narrow-minded for their opinions with obvious bias.
    • Laying down a moral code and enforcing it with bans, punishment and guilt, produces petty, narrow-minded people.
    • I think this is a narrow-minded view, with all due respect, that you are holding.
    • Because they exploit the fears and incite the prejudices of the narrow-minded.
    • Beneath his bluff exterior, he is a narrow-minded reactionary with merely some financial success.
    • Some people easily give up a chance or some potential probably because of a narrow-minded and negative point of view.
    • Visit their website for reactionary, narrow-minded tripe!
    • The professor also slammed the government's research funding agencies for narrow-minded views on how to train researchers.
    • Was his mockery of posters encouraging riding a bike meant to appeal to the narrow-minded prejudices of his more polluting punters?
    • Instead they choose to hurt a person who doesn't fit into their narrow-minded view of the world.
    • Hardly the conduct of a sectarian or narrow-minded politician.
    • I'm frustrated with narrow-minded view of history this article represents.
    • Such a comment betrays an inflexible narrow-minded misunderstanding of our enemies and how to combat them.
    Synonyms
    intolerant, illiberal, reactionary, conservative, ultra-conservative, conventional, parochial, provincial, insular, small-town, localist, small-minded, petty-minded, petty, close-minded, short-sighted, myopic, blinkered, inward-looking, narrow, hidebound, dyed-in-the-wool, diehard, limited, restricted, inflexible, dogmatic, rigid, entrenched, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, sectarian, discriminatory
 
 
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