narrow mindedness
Refusing other viewpoints
Narrow mindedness is unwillingness to consider ideas, opinions, or perspectives that differ from one's own.
The narrow-minded person has a constricted view—rejecting unfamiliar beliefs without examination.
His narrow mindedness made conversation difficult.
The hyphenated form narrow-mindedness is equally common.
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- closemindednessRefusal to consider other perspectives
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- cognitive biasSystematic deviation from rationality
groupthink · echo chamber · dogmatism · myopia · provincialism · confirmation bias · sectarianism · us versus them · ethnocentrism · xenophobia · chauvinism · intolerance · old boys club · traditionalism · set in stone · prejudice · blinders · racism
narrow mindednessbroad-mindedness
Openness to differing views
open-mindedness · receptivity · intellectual curiosity · receptiveness · mental flexibility
narrow mindednessbroad-mindedness
Openness to differing views
worldliness · cosmopolitanism · eclecticism · catholicity · universalism
narrow mindednesstolerance
Willingness to accept difference
acceptance · liberalism · inclusiveness · magnanimity · permissiveness
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