单词 | small-minded |
释义 | small-mindedadj. Having or showing rigid opinions or a narrow outlook; petty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective] narrowed1599 narrow-minded1611 narrow1612 small1619 narrow1622 tub-brained1634 narrow-souled1641 narrow-spirited1645 narrow-compassed1647 illiberal1649 cat-witted1672 stingy1694 little-minded1707 straitened1712 unenlarged1741 contracted1765 one-eyed1779 unliberalized1793 nippit1808 small-minded1811 narrow-brained1835 narrow visioned1853 thin-minded1862 narrow-gauge1872 one-track1900 narrow-gutted1903 tunnel-visioned1968 1811 Reflector 1 457 As times go, no mean addition to their party strength accrues from the multitude of small minded but well-meaning persons, who judge of every thing as it accords with the supposed liking or dislike of the royal feeling. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. v. 85 Small-minded people carry their narrow notions and their acidity into their benevolence. 1908 J. M. Synge Let. (1971) 254 It is inconceivably small-minded of Sally to refuse Rosanna. 1989 Pink Paper 23 Dec. 16/1 Gay people live under siege within smallminded environments. 2009 New Yorker 24 Aug. 44/2 The small-minded grievances that drive daily circulation. Derivatives small-ˈmindedly adv. ΚΠ 1902 H. T. Mark Teacher & Child xi. 114 Pedagogical methods never come to the flippant, nor by dealing with great and profound subjects small-mindedly as if we knew all about them. 1975 Novel 9 46 The fate of his own daughter..undermines his pleasure principle, as do the political intrigues, at once daring and small-mindedly sordid, with which he occupies himself. 2010 Times-Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. a10 Perhaps we would be better to focus on the value of Mr. Mathes' leadership rather than shortsightedly and small-mindedly criticizing its cost. small-ˈmindedness n. ΚΠ 1842 Morning Chron. 13 Dec. 2/4 This change is accompanied with an outpouring of wrath on the League itself—the object being partly..to gratify the same small-mindedness which run-a-muck against the Catholic Association. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon II. ii. xv. 225 That kind of smallmindedness is impossible. 1920 Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry (Chicago) 3 314 Tolerant as he was of the opinions of others, he found smallmindedness and narrowness of vision impossible to understand. 1991 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. c17/6 The population trickles out to greet Belle and gossip about her, while she herself bemoans the small-mindedness of the place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1811 |
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