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单词 small-minded
释义

small-minded

adjective

small-mind·​ed ˈsmȯl-ˈmīn-dəd How to pronounce small-minded (audio)
1
: having narrow interests, sympathies, or outlook
2
: typical of a small-minded person : marked by pettiness, narrowness, or meanness
small-minded conduct
small-mindedly adverb
small-mindedness noun

Synonyms

  • bigoted
  • illiberal
  • intolerant
  • narrow
  • narrow-minded
  • prejudiced
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Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1

small-minded

adjective

1
as in bigoted
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints a small-minded man only concerned with his own well-being

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bigoted
  • prejudiced
  • conservative
  • narrow-minded
  • intolerant
  • provincial
  • parochial
  • illiberal
  • reactionary
  • narrow
  • insular
  • hidebound
  • blinkered
  • partisan
  • biased
  • old-fashioned
  • partial
  • blindfolded
  • one-sided

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • liberal
  • unprejudiced
  • tolerant
  • radical
  • extreme
  • progressive
  • broad-minded
  • open-minded
  • impartial
  • unbiased
  • objective
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2
as in parochial
not broad or open in views or opinions resented the small-minded people who automatically opposed every new idea

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • parochial
  • petty
  • small
  • narrow
  • insular
  • provincial
  • little
  • narrow-minded
  • stubborn
  • sectarian
  • illiberal
  • picayune
  • bigoted
  • wrongheaded
  • prejudiced
  • obstinate
  • rigid
  • partisan
  • reactionary
  • discriminatory
  • intolerant
  • Lilliputian
  • obdurate
  • biased
  • dogmatic
  • opinionated
  • limited
  • opinionative
  • ironbound
  • stodgy
  • hidebound
  • inflexible
  • discriminating
  • unsophisticated
  • unyielding
  • jaundiced
  • straitlaced
  • partial
  • one-sided
  • stuffy
  • hick
  • dogmatical
  • straightlaced
  • set
  • old-fashioned
  • brassbound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • liberal
  • cosmopolitan
  • tolerant
  • catholic
  • open
  • receptive
  • broad-minded
  • open-minded
  • unprejudiced
  • impartial
  • unbiased
  • objective
  • nonpartisan
  • freethinking
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