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Definition of Narrow-minded

1. Adjective. Capable of being shocked.

2. Adjective. Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view. "Narrow opinions"

3. Adjective. Rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines.

Definition of Narrow-minded

1. Adjective. having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas ¹

2. Adjective. intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Narrow-minded

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Literary usage of Narrow-minded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"Of what use were youth and grace and good looks, if one drop of poison distilled from the envy of a narrow- minded woman was enough to paralyze them? ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1838)
"Of course, it will be at once adopted by every institution in this country, that entertains a wholesome dread of being charged with mean and narrow-minded ..."

3. Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"proofs of a similar state of things; such as Collier's attack upon the immorality of the stage, and the learned but narrow-minded work ..."

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