open-mindedness.

A willingness to consider new ideas or viewpoints, even when they challenge current beliefs.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• intellectual open-mindedness
• genuine open-mindedness

On the page

Open-mindedness required her to examine the inconvenient evidence as carefully as the welcome evidence.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. 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. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.