closedmindedness
Refusing new ideas
Closedmindedness is unwillingness to consider new ideas or perspectives.
A closedminded person has settled their views and resists evidence or arguments that might challenge them: His closedmindedness about alternative treatments frustrated his doctors.
The trait often implies defensiveness or intellectual rigidity rather than mere disagreement.
Also spelled closed-mindedness.
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
provincial · sectarian · tribal · exclusionary · dismissive · judgmental · contemptuous · superior
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- incuriousLacking desire to learn
uncurious · anti-intellectual · benighted · unsophisticated · sheltered · naive · unexamined · unreflective
Unable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- fixedRestored or immovable
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
adamant · dogmatic · hidebound · unadaptable · unchangeable · set · fossilized · ossified
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- opinionatedFirmly attached to beliefs
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
bullheaded · mulish · pigheaded · stiff-necked · immovable · deaf · unreasoning · unteachable
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
bias · provincial · sectarian · tribal · exclusionary · dismissive · judgmental · contemptuous · superior · elitist
uninformed
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
incurious · uncurious · anti-intellectual · benighted · unsophisticated · sheltered · naive · unexamined · unreflective · unquestioning
inflexible
Unable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- fixedRestored or immovable
intransigent · adamant · dogmatic · hidebound · unadaptable · unchangeable · set · fossilized · ossified · implacable
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- opinionatedFirmly attached to beliefs
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
willful · bullheaded · mulish · pigheaded · stiff-necked · immovable · deaf · unreasoning · unteachable · incorrigible
closedmindednessopenmindedness
Willingness to consider alternatives
open-mindedness · receptivity · receptiveness · openness · mental flexibility
closedmindednessflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
adaptability · freethinking · free thought · cognitive flexibility · plasticity
closedmindednesstolerance
Willingness to accept difference
broadmindedness · inclusiveness · acceptance · liberality · cosmopolitanism
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