narrowminded.

Restricting judgment to one's own views or habits and rejecting alternatives.

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Words that belong together

• narrowminded outlook
• narrowminded criticism

On the page

The narrator exposes the town's narrowminded outlook.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more narrowminded; superlative most narrowminded when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.