closemindedness
Refusing new ideas
Closemindedness is unwillingness to consider new ideas or different perspectives.
A closeminded person has settled views and resists examining them: His closemindedness made debate pointless.
The trait suggests intellectual rigidity—not just disagreement but refusal to engage.
Also spelled close-mindedness or closed-mindedness.
Intolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
sexism · xenophobia · homophobia · ageism · chauvinism · sectarianism · ethnocentrism · antisemitism
Quality of being unbending
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
unbending · unyielding · uncompromising · immovability · fixedness · entrenchment · obduracy · mulishness
Excessive local focus
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
- blinkeredHaving restricted outlook
shortsightedness · small-mindedness · groupthink · tribalism · clannishness · isolationism · sheltered · unworldly
Attitude of casual disregard
- incuriosityAbsence of inquisitiveness
- obtusenessSlowness to understand
- imperviousnessState of being impenetrable
- anti-intellectualismHostility toward educated thought
know-it-all · unteachable · unpersuadable · impenetrable · skeptical · resistant · unquestioning · uncritical
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
racism · sexism · xenophobia · homophobia · ageism · chauvinism · sectarianism · ethnocentrism · antisemitism · stereotyping
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
intransigence · unbending · unyielding · uncompromising · immovability · fixedness · entrenchment · obduracy · mulishness · doggedness
parochialism
Excessive local focus
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
blinkered · shortsightedness · small-mindedness · groupthink · tribalism · clannishness · isolationism · sheltered · unworldly · inward-looking
dismissiveness
Attitude of casual disregard
- incuriosityAbsence of inquisitiveness
- obtusenessSlowness to understand
- imperviousnessState of being impenetrable
anti-intellectualism · know-it-all · unteachable · unpersuadable · impenetrable · skeptical · resistant · unquestioning · uncritical
closemindednessopenmindedness
Willingness to consider alternatives
open-mindedness · receptivity · receptiveness · openness · broad-mindedness
closemindednesscuriosity
Desire to learn
inquisitiveness · intellectual curiosity · love of learning · wonder · intellectual humility
closemindednesstolerance
Willingness to accept difference
inclusiveness · cosmopolitanism · pluralism · ecumenism · acceptance
close, closed, closely, closeness, closer, closest, closing, enclose, enclosed