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Meanings of narrowminded in English

Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.

Usage of narrowminded in English
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Madame X. C. V. a narrowminded Greek, was naturally bigoted and superstitious.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
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William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, an honest and pious, though narrowminded, man, used great freedom.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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Are these the negative and narrowminded influences which Mr Hogan would like to see removed from Irish society?
The Irish Times
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We were prejudiced, narrowminded.
Career of Evil
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A former UCD registrar has described as "extraordinarily narrowminded" a decision by the university that it will not be officially represented at the (...)
The Irish Times
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"I hope no one thinks I'm a narrowminded man, Joe," I reproved him.
Greener Than You Think
Narrowminded through the time