low-mindedness
Crude mental outlook
Low-mindedness is the quality of having base, vulgar, or ignoble thoughts and interests.
It suggests someone preoccupied with crude pleasures or petty concerns rather than elevated ideas or worthy pursuits: The low-mindedness of the tabloid coverage disgusted her.
The term carries moral judgment—implying not just poor taste but a deficiency of character.
Moral worthlessness
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- dishonorLoss of respect
vileness · sordidness · degeneracy · unscrupulousness · turpitude · vice · ignobility · disreputability
Limited, ungenerous perspective
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- trivialityUnimportant small matter
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- envyResentful longing for another's
grudging · spite · vindictiveness · nitpicking · shortsightedness · selfishness · stinginess · littleness
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
xenophobia · homophobia · chauvinism · ethnocentrism · sectarianism · parochialism · provincialism · closed-mindedness
Rough or vulgar quality
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- raunchinessCrude sexual vulgarity
bawdiness · sleaziness · tawdriness · indecency · smuttiness · grossness · filthiness · earthiness
Lack of emotional awareness
- hardheartednessAbsence of pity
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- cold-bloodednessUnfeeling, merciless nature
- ruthlessnessLack of compassion or mercy
mercilessness · heartlessness · pitilessness · inhumanity · brutishness · savagery · unfeelingness · disregard
baseness
Moral worthlessness
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
dishonor · vileness · sordidness · degeneracy · unscrupulousness · turpitude · vice · ignobility · disreputability · crookedness
small-mindedness
Limited, ungenerous perspective
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- trivialityUnimportant small matter
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
envy · grudging · spite · vindictiveness · nitpicking · shortsightedness · selfishness · stinginess · littleness · cheapness
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
sexism · xenophobia · homophobia · chauvinism · ethnocentrism · sectarianism · parochialism · provincialism · closed-mindedness · jingoism
coarseness
Rough or vulgar quality
raunchiness · bawdiness · sleaziness · tawdriness · indecency · smuttiness · grossness · filthiness · earthiness · boorishness
insensitivity
Lack of emotional awareness
- hardheartednessAbsence of pity
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- cold-bloodednessUnfeeling, merciless nature
ruthlessness · mercilessness · heartlessness · pitilessness · inhumanity · brutishness · savagery · unfeelingness · disregard · indifference
low-mindednessnobility
Titled ruling class
high-mindedness · virtuousness · uprightness · rectitude · moral integrity
low-mindednesshigh-mindedness
Moral elevation, principled integrity
loftiness · sublimity · idealism · transcendence · cultivation
low-mindednessmagnanimity
Generous, noble spirit
large-heartedness · bigheartedness · graciousness · benevolence · liberality
lowliness, lower, lowest, mind, minds, minded, mindful, mindfulness, mindless