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close-minded

 
Dictionary: close-mind·ed   (klōs'mīn'dĭd, klōz'-) or closed-mind·ed
 
(klōzd'-)
adj.

Intolerant of the beliefs and opinions of others; stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas.

closemindedness close'-mind'ed·ness n.
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adjective

    Not tolerant of the beliefs or opinions of others, for example: bigoted, hidebound, illiberal, intolerant, narrow-minded. See accept/reject.

 
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not ready to receive to new ideas
  Synonym: closed-minded


 
 
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