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narrow-mindedness
noun[ U ]
disapprovinguk /ˌnær.əʊˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/ us /ˌner.oʊˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/
the quality of being narrow-minded (= unwilling to accept ideas that are different from your own): 心胸狭窄，气量小
He wanted to escape from the narrow-mindedness of the people in the small town where he grew up.他想逃离他长大的那个小镇上人们的狭隘心态。
Mark Twain said, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."马克•吐温说：“旅行对偏见、偏执和狭隘是致命的。”
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narrow-minded
Traditional prejudices and narrow-mindedness began to give away to a spirit of openness and welcome.
We can no longer be blinded by prejudice and narrow-mindedness.
I think that self-absorption and narrow-mindedness are an essential part of adolescence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Narrow-minded
be set in your waysidiom
be wearing blindersidiom
be wearing blinkersidiom
blinker
blinkered
closed-minded
intolerantly
myopia
myopic
myopically
narrow-minded
narrow-mindedly
non-thinking
prissy
provinciality
provincially
prude
prudish
unreconstructed
unthinking
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