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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
People are going to take things and run with them and be narrow-minded or whatever or take something out of context.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
The art world was dismissing the popular reception of Photorealism with a similarly narrow-minded explanation: Ordinary people, whose experience was being represented, liked it.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
That’s the rigorous—or narrow-minded—judgment that . . .
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
But the pacing is zippy; the animation is lush and textured, especially when the series, unexpectedly and wonderfully, veers into the supernatural; and the characterization tweaks are inspired, especially those that will make the most narrow-minded people mad.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Reducing African artists to only Afrobeats because of their ethnicity is narrow-minded and completely disregards the diversity of the various African musical styles that these musicians represent and explore through their artistry.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 13 Sep. 2024
And this kind of thinking is just so narrow-minded and patronizing.
—Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
As such, strong rulers keep narrow-minded bureaucrats from leading their country into costly miscalculations.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 Apr. 2023
Despite the ill-conceived and narrow-minded arguments made by those who believe that atonement and rehabilitation are inconsequential, my colleagues and I in the criminal justice system have seen firsthand how that thinking is irrefutably false.
—Aisha Braveboy, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
The art world was dismissing the popular reception of Photorealism with a similarly narrow-minded explanation: Ordinary people, whose experience was being represented, liked it.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
That’s the rigorous—or narrow-minded—judgment that . . .
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
But the pacing is zippy; the animation is lush and textured, especially when the series, unexpectedly and wonderfully, veers into the supernatural; and the characterization tweaks are inspired, especially those that will make the most narrow-minded people mad.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Reducing African artists to only Afrobeats because of their ethnicity is narrow-minded and completely disregards the diversity of the various African musical styles that these musicians represent and explore through their artistry.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 13 Sep. 2024
And this kind of thinking is just so narrow-minded and patronizing.
—Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
As such, strong rulers keep narrow-minded bureaucrats from leading their country into costly miscalculations.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 Apr. 2023
Despite the ill-conceived and narrow-minded arguments made by those who believe that atonement and rehabilitation are inconsequential, my colleagues and I in the criminal justice system have seen firsthand how that thinking is irrefutably false.
—Aisha Braveboy, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrow-minded
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The 119th Congress will be sworn in on Friday, giving Republicans narrow majorities in the House and Senate.Ahtra Elnashar, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
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Flowing down the steep slopes of the Black Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway, the South Toe River cuts through narrow valleys and snakes past homes, farms and campgrounds for more than 30 miles in Yancey County before emptying into its counterpart, the North Toe River, near Kona.USA TODAY Graphics team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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But parochial political feuds and byzantine zoning codes have hampered LA’s efforts to get more new housing off the ground.Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
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Given the court's significance in international law, this case could have more of an impact than COP on countries' behavior and corporate policies — and on future legal action, compared to past more parochial climate cases.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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Get Into the Holiday Spirit by Watching Mariah Carey Bake Christmas Cookies Famous for its iconic title song, 9 to 5 follows Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as a trio of fiery secretaries who topple the tyranny of their sexist, bigoted boss (Dabney Coleman).Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Two Hindu Americans who made presidential runs—Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy—have already endured a litany of bigoted attacks.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Many elderberry studies have been small and do not compare elderberry to other cold and flu symptom treatment options.Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH, Health, 1 Jan. 2025
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Arc’teryx Women's Atom Insulated Hoodie $300 $210 at REI Coming in at just 10.9 ounces and compressing down to be smaller than my beloved Cabeau travel pillow, the Arc’teryx Atom Insulated Hoodie is one of the most packable jackets on the market.Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025
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The soldiers changed into civilian clothes, left their weapons and rode in a truck to the provincial capital.Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement On Friday, Russian authorities acknowledged that Ukrainian drones were targeting Grozny, provincial capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, as an Azerbaijani commercial airliner with 67 people aboard was attempting to land there on Wednesday.Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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My understanding has always been that the relic trade is loosely tolerated by the powers that be (many of whom have some pretty choice relics of their own), because one of the sneakiest ways authoritarian societies thrive is by letting their subjects get away with petty rebellions.Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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As our profile lays out, the record reveals Billy Wagner as a blustery, bigger-than-life figure who engaged in petty crime and coached his family to do the same.Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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Today another Russian leader, intolerant of the reality of a Ukraine independent from Mother Russia, has made the eradication of Ukrainian identity a prime objective of Russia’s nearly three-year-old war on the country.Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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The regulations were designed to prevent intolerant environments that hinder learning.Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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That turmoil in Latin America shaped this course of events, even if indirectly, challenges the assumption that Latin America is too peripheral, too insular, and too small in population terms to exert much influence in world events.Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024
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The insular island is best known for staging an annual pageant that depicts the cannibalistic murder of four English soldiers — and believe it or not, the locals who stage this play aren’t thrilled to see four English guests in their town.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Narrow-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow-minded. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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