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Meanings of broad-minded in English

Inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own.

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        Incapable of being shocked.

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            Examples for "narrow-minded"
            Examples for "narrow-minded"
            1
            The missionaries have in consequence been accused of being morose and narrow-minded.
            The Cruise of the Mary Rose; Or, Here and There in the Pacific
            2
            I willingly acknowledge that I was wrong in entertaining this narrow-minded feeling.
            Reminiscences of Tolstoy, by His Son
            3
            The egotism of Great Britain is equalled only by her narrow-minded avarice.
            Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
            4
            He blushed for the narrow-minded counsel which he was obliged to expose.
            Northanger Abbey
            5
            You are no more a narrow-minded creature influenced by prejudice and sophistry.
            Mr. World and Miss Church-Member: A Twentieth Century Allegory
            Usage of broad-minded in English
            1
            Personally I am broad-minded enough to smile at that portrait of myself.
            The Clicking of Cuthbert
            2
            Whether Agassiz was as broad-minded as he was high-minded may be argued.
            The Last Leaf / Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men ...
            3
            Her husband was broad-minded, and they settled everything without an unkind word.
            The Henchman
            4
            Referring to his son's political views, he answers in these broad-minded words:-
            Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals / In Two Volumes, V...
            5
            I'll try to be broad-minded and practise believing impossible things, like Alice.
            Mr. Pat's Little Girl: A Story of the Arden Foresters
            6
            Most of them are broad-minded; practical men; some are good administrators.
            Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
            7
            Unruh considered herself broad-minded enough for the demands of an ostensibly secular society.
            The family: the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american p...
            8
            The recommendations are conceived in the most practical and broad-minded spirit.
            Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygien...
            9
            It is the case of the bravest and most broad-minded men of to-day.
            Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
            10
            I was fortunate in coming under the influence of a broad-minded religious teacher.
            Bob Hampton of Placer
            11
            The cost was nothing to the broad-minded and far-sighted men of that city.
            Forty-Six Years in the Army
            12
            A sport that sells itself as approachable, good-humoured and broad-minded is rich indeed.
            The Guardian
            13
            The waitresses of big cities are usually broad-minded and highly educated.
            Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
            14
            And its respectability was intense, and at the same time broad-minded.
            Clayhanger
            15
            Well, let us trust the world will be broad-minded about it.
            Alias the Lone Wolf
            16
            It is hard to mention a nobler instance of broad-minded charity.
            A History of the Moravian Church
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            Broad-minded through the time
            Broad-minded across language varieties
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