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broad-mindedness.

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A willingness to consider or accept views and ways of living that differ from your own.

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  • intellectual broad-mindedness
  • show broad-mindedness

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Her broad-mindedness allowed the discussion to continue without anyone disguising their convictions.

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broad-mindedness

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Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: usually uncountable; no ordinary plural. Writing functions: character, tolerance, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Closed spelling recorded as an alias, not a second word.

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