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as in narrow
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
it took a while for some of the more narrow-minded members of management to be persuaded to modernize the dress code
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as in parochial
not broad or open in views or opinions
narrow-minded people who instinctively feared and shunned those from different cultures
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Recent Examples of narrow-minded
The inherent orthodoxy of his premise excluded all other alternatives to narrow-minded rationalism and its ethical constraints.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Of the trio, Bernadette was written as the strictest rule-follower — possibly even the most narrow-minded.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Some people associate a frugal spender with a narrow-minded person who is a tightwad, a cheapskate, a penny-pincher, and worse of all an outright scrooge.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
People are going to take things and run with them and be narrow-minded or whatever or take something out of context.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
Instead of articulating a compelling vision that could spark a broad-minded counterpunch to narrow-minded populism, Newsom has taken an oddly defeatist course in his first podcasts.
—Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Gazing out onto Prince William Sound with its stunning scenery had this narrow-minded city-and-car guy bitten by the cruise bug.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
The Grammys have always prized a narrow-minded, classic sense of musicianship: deft songwriting, big vocals, live instrumentation.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
Some people associate a frugal spender with a narrow-minded person who is a tightwad, a cheapskate, a penny-pincher, and worse of all an outright scrooge.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrow-minded
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For decades, international philanthropy has framed Africa through a narrow lens: a continent in need, a landscape of poverty, disaster and helplessness.—
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Beach replenishment also is planned, but the narrow right-of-way through San Clemente includes no room for a second set of tracks.—
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The third barrier to advancement Hamilton mentioned is risk aversion, and the fourth is parochial services.—
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Prevost spent nearly two decades in missionary service in Peru, beginning in 1985 with roles such as parochial vicar and chancellor in Chulucanas, and later director of formation for Augustinian aspirants in Trujillo.—
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Despite this ostensible colonization of trans bodies, Céspedes trains his camera on the inherent humanity of all his subjects, including his most bigoted aggressors.—
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Attempting to smear the DNI as being in a cult is bigoted behavior.—
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Farmers watered their crops less, and saw smaller harvests as a result.—
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Yes, Georgia and Paul split this season as the blowback from the trial — and Paul's support of Proposition 38, disastrous for small businesses — imperiled his mayoral career.—
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Most of the smoke reaching the American Midwest has been coming from fires northwest of the provincial capital of Winnipeg in Manitoba.—
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Segovia, a romantic hilltop city in the country’s largest region, Castilla y León has the Antonio Machado House-Museum, a prime example of early 1900s provincial Castillian living, named after the Spanish poet who lived there.—
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The lives of these accomplished, seemingly independent women revolve around men, petty antics and low-stakes squabbles.—
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But the most powerful response isn’t rage or petty retaliation.—
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Primroses are a bit picky and intolerant of full sun, dry weather, and extreme cold.—
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Hellenistic culture was imperfectly tolerant; the Christian one perfectly intolerant.—
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But the Islanders, at another unique if less delicate intersection in franchise history, needed a fresh and collaborative perspective — especially after spending the first quarter of this century as the most insular team in the league.—
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According to the study, many insular or island duck species had reduced flying abilities.—
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“Narrow-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow-minded. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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