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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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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.
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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
Sweepingly ridiculed as one of 2012’s worst albums, that judgment, five years later, feels wildly narrow-minded.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 29 Feb. 2024
Critics have blamed it for upholding a narrow-minded model of relationships as heterosexual and monogamous.
—Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
The results of Netanyahu’s narrow-minded path have led to catastrophe for both Israelis and Palestinians and nearly constant border fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
—TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
The critical response to the 1993 Biennial was almost shockingly narrow-minded: Many writers were furious that the exhibition included significantly fewer white men than usual.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
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
Sweepingly ridiculed as one of 2012’s worst albums, that judgment, five years later, feels wildly narrow-minded.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 29 Feb. 2024
Critics have blamed it for upholding a narrow-minded model of relationships as heterosexual and monogamous.
—Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
The results of Netanyahu’s narrow-minded path have led to catastrophe for both Israelis and Palestinians and nearly constant border fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
—TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
The critical response to the 1993 Biennial was almost shockingly narrow-minded: Many writers were furious that the exhibition included significantly fewer white men than usual.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrow-minded
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As a member, America has agreed not to increase tariffs on another WTO member except in specific narrow circumstances, none of which applied.Tom Campbell, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
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Lisbon began operating trams in the late 19th century to transport passengers up the steep and narrow streets criss-crossing the hilly old city.Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 26 Oct. 2024
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How can a place be at once so cosmopolitan and so parochial?Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Uniforms were only associated with parochial and private schools until the late 1980s, but public schools began piloting them as well, allowing plaid’s influence in American classrooms to spread.Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
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Vance has pushed the baseless, racist claim that Haitian immigrants are eating American pets, as well as bigoted, undemocratic ideas about people without children.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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But as civility gets ground down to a nub by increasingly racist and bigoted behavior, from Trump down, there have to be consequences for actions.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
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The fires department says local small businesses such as The Den Indy and Living Room Lounge offered logistical help, food and water to the firefighters combating the fire.Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2024
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Two months ago, that would have led to panic in the NFL’s smallest city after the Packers spent a training camp watching their backup quarterbacks struggle.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Tyre, a provincial capital, had largely been spared, but strikes in and around the city have intensified recently.Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The awards celebration moves each year to support a provincial brewing guild and its related conference.Don Tse, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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The charges—assault, classified as a petty misdemeanor, and interference with communication, a misdemeanor—will be dismissed provided that Jones completes the anger management classes and adheres to the law over the next 90 days.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Yet everything remains the same for Delia whose romantic fantasies have given way to an embrace of her roles as dutiful wife and loving mother despite the sneering condescension and outright physical abuse at the hands of her strutting petty tyrant husband Ivano (Valerio Mastandrea).Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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But the Soviet system was simply too intolerant of disagreements to leave their loyalties to chance.Jeremy Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
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Her experiences in a notoriously intolerant industry have led her to transform her own kitchen into a place of vulnerability and growth.J. Kenji López-Alt, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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This tale of faith and obsession, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize, follows a pair of friends from an insular Baptist community in Essex, England.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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The trouble is director Brad Anderson and screenwriter Dan Hall fail to properly mine the protagonist’s distressing predicament for its maximum potential, particularly after he’s hunted by a crew of criminals, relegating him and his deaf companion to an insular location.Courtney Howard, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Narrow-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow-minded. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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