narrowness
Lack of breadth
Narrowness is the quality of being narrow—limited in width, scope, or outlook.
Physical narrowness describes tight spaces: the narrowness of the corridor made passing difficult.
More often the word applies to thinking or perspective: the narrowness of his worldview, intellectual narrowness.
A narrow victory or escape has narrowness too—the quality of being close or barely sufficient.
Tightening or narrowing action
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
- snugComfortably close-fitting
tightness · pinch · bottleneck · chokepoint · stenosis · passageway · corridor · strait
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- confinementState of being restricted
- boundariesLines marking separation
- confinesEnclosed boundaries or limits
curtailment · restriction · hindrance · impediment · obstacle · barrier · cap · ceiling
Refusal to consider other views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
- parochialismExcessive local focus
insularity · bias · prejudice · dogmatism · rigidity · small-mindedness · myopia · pettiness
Exactness of detail
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
- single-mindednessExclusive focus on purpose
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
exactness · depth · meticulousness · thoroughness · selectivity · particularity · niche · expertise
constriction
Tightening or narrowing action
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
snug · tightness · pinch · bottleneck · chokepoint · stenosis · passageway · corridor · strait · channel
limitation
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- confinementState of being restricted
- boundariesLines marking separation
confines · curtailment · restriction · hindrance · impediment · obstacle · barrier · cap · ceiling · stricture
closed-mindedness
Refusal to consider other views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
parochialism · insularity · bias · prejudice · dogmatism · rigidity · small-mindedness · myopia · pettiness · sectarianism
specificity
Exactness of detail
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
- single-mindednessExclusive focus on purpose
concentration · exactness · depth · meticulousness · thoroughness · selectivity · particularity · niche · expertise · dedication
- narrow-mindednessclose-mindedness, closed-mindedness, close-minded, small-mindedness, small-minded
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- Precision Wordsexact, precision, accuracy, precise, accurate
narrownesswideness
Extent across something
width · broadness · breadth · spaciousness · expansiveness
narrownessbroad-mindedness
Openness to differing views
open-mindedness · tolerance · liberality · catholicity · cosmopolitanism
narrownessbreadth
Extent across something
broadness · comprehensiveness · extensiveness · expansiveness · universality
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