narrow-minded

See also: narrowminded, and narrow minded

English

Alternative forms

• narrowminded
• narrow minded

Etymology

From narrow +‎ minded.

Adjective

narrow-minded (comparative more narrow-minded, superlative most narrow-minded)

1. Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.
   • 1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 362:

     Even Mr. Wilson's speech, excellent as it was, could only condemn the Government's narrow-minded approach for the reasons we have outlined, [...].

2. Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced.
   • 1987 December 27, Vernon Maulsby, “Our Humanity Remains”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 4:

     What GCN has done for prisoners is an act of love, all the more precious because it's done despite the many voices of the narrow-minded who refuse to admit that our humanity remains, even past the prison gates.

Synonyms

• bigoted
• close-minded
• closed-minded
• hidebound
• illiberal
• insular
• intolerant
• myopic
• parochial
• prejudiced
• provincial
• short-sighted
• strait-laced
• thin-minded

Antonyms

• broad-minded

Derived terms

• narrow-mindedly
• narrow-mindedness

Translations

having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas

• Belarusian: абмежаваны (abmježavany), недалёкі (be) (njedaljóki), невялікага розуму (njevjalikaha rózumu), цвердалобы (cvjerdalóby), вузкалобы (vuzkalóby)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狹隘／狭隘 (zh) (xiá'ài)

• Czech: úzkoprsý (cs)
• Danish: snæversynet (da), indskrænket
• Dutch: bekrompen (nl)
• Faroese: smáligur, trongskygdur, grunnskygdur, smásinnaður
• Finnish: ahdasmielinen (fi), ahdashenkinen
• French: têtu (fr), borné (fr)
• German: engstirnig (de), kleingeistig, beschränkt (de)
• Hebrew: צר אופק (tzar ofek)
• Hungarian: szűk látókörű, korlátolt (hu)
• Italian: ristretto (it)
• Japanese: 偏狭な (ja) (henkyō na), 狭量な (ja) (kyōryō na)
• Macedonian: тесноград (tesnograd)
• Norwegian: bornert (no), innskrenket, trangsynt
• Portuguese: mesquinho (pt)
• Romanian: minte îngustă, gândire înapoiată
• Russian: ограни́ченный (ru) (ograníčennyj), недалёкий (ru) (nedaljókij), твердоло́бый (ru) (tverdolóbyj), узколо́бый (ru) (uzkolóbyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhang
• Spanish: cuadriculado (es), mente cuadriculada, cerrado (es), estrecho de miras
• Swedish: trångsynt (sv), trångsinnad, enkelspårig (sv), stelbent (sv)
• Tagalog: alimbuyugin, may-isip-ipit
• Ukrainian: вузьколо́бий (vuzʹkolóbyj)
• Upper Sorbian: wuskomyslny
• Welsh: culni (cy)

intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced

• Belarusian: прадузяты (praduzjaty), вузкалобы (vuzkalóby)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: snæversynet (da), intolerant, fordomsfuld
• Finnish: ahdaskatseinen
• French: intolérant (fr)
• German: engstirnig (de)
• Japanese: 偏狭な (ja) (henkyō na), 狭量な (ja) (kyōryō na)
• Norwegian: bornert (no), innskrenket, trangsynt
• Russian: с предрассу́дками (s predrassúdkami), предвзя́тый (ru) (predvzjátyj), узколо́бый (ru) (uzkolóbyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhang
• Spanish: carca (es)
• Swedish: trångsynt (sv), intolerant (sv), fördomsfull (sv)