"narrow-minded" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more narrow-minded [comparative], most narrow-minded [superlative]
Etymology: From narrow + minded. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|narrow|minded}} narrow + minded Head templates: {{en-adj}} narrow-minded (comparative more narrow-minded, superlative most narrow-minded)
  1. Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas): абмежаваны (abmježavany) (Belarusian), недалёкі (njedaljóki) (Belarusian), невялікага розуму (njevjalikaha rózumu) (Belarusian), цвердалобы (cvjerdalóby) (Belarusian), вузкалобы (vuzkalóby) (Belarusian), 狹隘 (Chinese Mandarin), 狭隘 (xiá'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), úzkoprsý (Czech), snæversynet (Danish), indskrænket (Danish), bekrompen (Dutch), smáligur (Faroese), trongskygdur (Faroese), grunnskygdur (Faroese), smásinnaður (Faroese), ahdasmielinen (Finnish), ahdashenkinen (Finnish), têtu (French), borné (French), engstirnig (German), kleingeistig (German), beschränkt (German), צר אופק (tzar ofek) (Hebrew), szűk látókörű (Hungarian), korlátolt (Hungarian), ristretto (Italian), 偏狭な (henkyō na) (Japanese), 狭量な (kyōryō na) (Japanese), тесноград (tesnograd) (Macedonian), bornert (Norwegian), innskrenket (Norwegian), trangsynt (Norwegian), mesquinho (Portuguese), minte îngustă (Romanian), gândire înapoiată (Romanian), ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj) (Russian), недалёкий (nedaljókij) (Russian), твердоло́бый (tverdolóbyj) (Russian), узколо́бый (uzkolóbyj) (Russian), cumhang (Scottish Gaelic), cuadriculado (Spanish), mente cuadriculada (Spanish), cerrado (Spanish), estrecho de miras (Spanish), trångsynt (Swedish), trångsinnad (Swedish), enkelspårig (Swedish), stelbent (Swedish), alimbuyugin (Tagalog), may-isip-ipit (Tagalog), вузьколо́бий (vuzʹkolóbyj) (Ukrainian), wuskomyslny (Upper Sorbian), culni (Welsh)
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  2. Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced): прадузяты (praduzjaty) (Belarusian), вузкалобы (vuzkalóby) (Belarusian), snæversynet (Danish), intolerant (Danish), fordomsfuld (Danish), ahdaskatseinen (Finnish), intolérant (French), engstirnig (German), 偏狭な (henkyō na) (Japanese), 狭量な (kyōryō na) (Japanese), bornert (Norwegian), innskrenket (Norwegian), trangsynt (Norwegian), с предрассу́дками (s predrassúdkami) (Russian), предвзя́тый (predvzjátyj) (Russian), узколо́бый (uzkolóbyj) (Russian), cumhang (Scottish Gaelic), carca (Spanish), trångsynt (Swedish), intolerant (Swedish), fördomsfull (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-narrow-minded-en-adj-hZQ5W5jR Disambiguation of Personality: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: narrow-mindedly, narrow-mindedness

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "abmježavany",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "абмежаваны"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "недалёкі"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "невялікага розуму"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "цвердалобы"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "вузкалобы"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "狹隘"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiá'ài",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "狭隘"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "úzkoprsý"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "snæversynet"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "indskrænket"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "bekrompen"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "smáligur"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "smásinnaður"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "ahdasmielinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "ahdashenkinen"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "têtu"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "borné"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "kleingeistig"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "beschränkt"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tzar ofek",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "צר אופק"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "szűk látókörű"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "korlátolt"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "ristretto"
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          "roman": "henkyō na",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "偏狭な"
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          "roman": "kyōryō na",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "狭量な"
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          "roman": "tesnograd",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "тесноград"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "bornert"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "innskrenket"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "trangsynt"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "mesquinho"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "minte îngustă"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "gândire înapoiată"
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          "word": "ограни́ченный"
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          "roman": "nedaljókij",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "недалёкий"
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          "roman": "tverdolóbyj",
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          "word": "твердоло́бый"
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          "word": "cuadriculado"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "estrecho de miras"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "trångsinnad"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "enkelspårig"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "stelbent"
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          "word": "alimbuyugin"
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          "word": "may-isip-ipit"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vuzʹkolóbyj",
          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "вузьколо́бий"
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "wuskomyslny"
        },
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          "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
          "word": "culni"
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          "ref": "1987 December 27, Vernon Maulsby, “Our Humanity Remains”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 4:",
          "text": "What GCN has done for prisoners is an act of love, all the more precious because it's done despite the many voices of the narrow-minded who refuse to admit that our humanity remains, even past the prison gates.",
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "praduzjaty",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "прадузяты"
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "vuzkalóby",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "вузкалобы"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "snæversynet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "intolerant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "fordomsfuld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "ahdaskatseinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "intolérant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "engstirnig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "henkyō na",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "偏狭な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōryō na",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "狭量な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "bornert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "innskrenket"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "trangsynt"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "s predrassúdkami",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "с предрассу́дками"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "predvzjátyj",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "предвзя́тый"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uzkolóbyj",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "узколо́бый"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "cumhang"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "carca"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "trångsynt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
          "word": "intolerant"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Upper Sorbian translations",
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        {
          "ref": "1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 362:",
          "text": "Even Mr. Wilson's speech, excellent as it was, could only condemn the Government's narrow-minded approach for the reasons we have outlined, [...].",
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        {
          "ref": "1987 December 27, Vernon Maulsby, “Our Humanity Remains”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 4:",
          "text": "What GCN has done for prisoners is an act of love, all the more precious because it's done despite the many voices of the narrow-minded who refuse to admit that our humanity remains, even past the prison gates.",
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      "word": "illiberal"
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    {
      "word": "intolerant"
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    {
      "word": "myopic"
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    {
      "word": "prejudiced"
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    {
      "word": "provincial"
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      "word": "thin-minded"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abmježavany",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "абмежаваны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njedaljóki",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "недалёкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njevjalikaha rózumu",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "невялікага розуму"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cvjerdalóby",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "цвердалобы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vuzkalóby",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "вузкалобы"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "狹隘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiá'ài",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "狭隘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "úzkoprsý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "snæversynet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "indskrænket"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "bekrompen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "smáligur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "trongskygdur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "grunnskygdur"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "smásinnaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "ahdasmielinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "ahdashenkinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "têtu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "borné"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "engstirnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "kleingeistig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "beschränkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tzar ofek",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "צר אופק"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "szűk látókörű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "korlátolt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "ristretto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "henkyō na",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "偏狭な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōryō na",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "狭量な"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tesnograd",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "тесноград"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "bornert"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "innskrenket"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "trangsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "mesquinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "minte îngustă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "gândire înapoiată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograníčennyj",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "ограни́ченный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedaljókij",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "недалёкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tverdolóbyj",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "твердоло́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uzkolóbyj",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "узколо́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "cumhang"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "cuadriculado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "mente cuadriculada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "cerrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "estrecho de miras"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "trångsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "trångsinnad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "enkelspårig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "stelbent"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "alimbuyugin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "may-isip-ipit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vuzʹkolóbyj",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "вузьколо́бий"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "wuskomyslny"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas",
      "word": "culni"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "praduzjaty",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "прадузяты"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vuzkalóby",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "вузкалобы"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "snæversynet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "intolerant"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "fordomsfuld"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "ahdaskatseinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "intolérant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "engstirnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "henkyō na",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "偏狭な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōryō na",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "狭量な"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "bornert"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "innskrenket"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "trangsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "s predrassúdkami",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "с предрассу́дками"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvzjátyj",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "предвзя́тый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uzkolóbyj",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "узколо́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "cumhang"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "carca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "trångsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "intolerant"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced",
      "word": "fördomsfull"
    }
  ],
  "word": "narrow-minded"
}

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