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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
      1
      Madame X. C. V. a narrowminded Greek, was naturally bigoted and superstitious.
      The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
      2
      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 ...
      3
      Are these the negative and narrowminded influences which Mr Hogan would like to see removed from Irish society?
      The Irish Times
      4
      We were prejudiced, narrowminded.
      Career of Evil
      5
      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
      6
      "I hope no one thinks I'm a narrowminded man, Joe," I reproved him.
      Greener Than You Think
      Narrowminded through the time