open one's mind
Become mentally receptive
To open one's mind is to become receptive to new ideas, perspectives, or possibilities that one might previously have dismissed or ignored.
The phrase implies setting aside preconceptions or biases: Travel really opened my mind to different ways of living.
Often used as encouragement or gentle criticism: You need to open your mind a little.
- empathySharing another's emotions
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- step outsideExit a building briefly
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
lifelong learning · big picture · reflection · critical thinking · devil's advocate · dialectics · intellectual curiosity · Socratic method · compassion · skepticism · travel · creativity · active listening · acceptance · world view · trust · lateral thinking · ethical reasoning
open one's mindclose one's mind
Become intellectually inflexible
dig in one's heels · stubbornness · turn a deaf ear · willful ignorance · tune out
open one's mindclose-mindedness
Resistance to new ideas
rigidity · inflexibility · dogmatism · narrow-mindedness · ossify
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