small-mindedness
Petty, provincial outlook
Small-mindedness is the quality of having narrow views, petty concerns, or limited imagination.
It suggests an unwillingness to consider ideas beyond one's immediate experience or to rise above trivial matters: The small-mindedness of local politics drove her away.
The term carries judgment—it implies someone *could* think more broadly but chooses not to.
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
sectarianism · chauvinism · discrimination · bias · insularity · parochialism · provincialism · ethnocentrism
Unyielding adherence to doctrine
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
hidebound · orthodoxy · closed-mindedness · unwillingness · blinkered · uncompromising · immovable · entrenched
Unkind in a petty way
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- pettifoggingFussing over trivialities
- spitefulWanting to hurt others
vindictive · resentful · envious · jealousy · begrudging · stinginess · meanness · ungenerous
Smugly certain of correctness
- sanctimoniousFeigning moral superiority
- moralisticProne to lecturing others
- censoriousSeverely critical in judgment
- holier-than-thouSmugly moralistic toward others
pharisaical · condescending · dismissive · uncharitable · faultfinding · hypercritical · carping · pontifical
Defective distant vision
- unimaginativeLacking creative originality
- incuriousLacking desire to learn
- unadventurousAvoiding risk or novelty
- complacencyUncritical satisfaction with oneself
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
homophobia · sectarianism · chauvinism · discrimination · bias · insularity · parochialism · provincialism · ethnocentrism · nativism
dogmatism
Unyielding adherence to doctrine
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
intransigence · hidebound · orthodoxy · closed-mindedness · unwillingness · blinkered · uncompromising · immovable · entrenched · fixed
mean-spirited
Unkind in a petty way
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- pettifoggingFussing over trivialities
spiteful · vindictive · resentful · envious · jealousy · begrudging · stinginess · meanness · ungenerous · cattiness
self-righteous
Smugly certain of correctness
- sanctimoniousFeigning moral superiority
- moralisticProne to lecturing others
- censoriousSeverely critical in judgment
holier-than-thou · pharisaical · condescending · dismissive · uncharitable · faultfinding · hypercritical · carping · pontifical · preachy
nearsightedness
Defective distant vision
- unimaginativeLacking creative originality
- incuriousLacking desire to learn
- unadventurousAvoiding risk or novelty
- ___-mindedness wordsopen-mindedness, closed-mindedness, broad-mindedness, like-mindedness, single-mindedness
- narrow-mindednessclose-mindedness, closed-mindedness, bigotry, intolerance, prejudice
- mental flawsstupidity, ignorance, foolishness, dullness, obtuseness
small-mindednessopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
broad-mindedness · broadmindedness · liberality · intellectual curiosity · receptiveness
small-mindednessmagnanimity
Generous, noble spirit
big-heartedness · large-heartedness · nobility · graciousness · bigheartedness
small-mindednessbroad-mindedness
Openness to differing views
expansiveness · vision · far-sightedness · worldliness · universalism
small, mind, minded, pettiness, narrowness, small-minded, shortsightedness, narrow-mindedness