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- [smawl mahyn-did]
- /smɔl ˈmaɪn dɪd/
- /smɔːl maɪnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [smawl mahyn-did]
- /smɔl ˈmaɪn dɪd/
Definitions of small-minded word
- adjective small-minded selfish, petty, or narrow-minded. 1
- adjective small-minded petty, insular 1
- adjective small-minded If you say that someone is small-minded, you are critical of them because they have fixed opinions and are unwilling to change them or to think about more general subjects. 0
- adjective small-minded narrow-minded; petty; intolerant; mean 0
- adjective small-minded blindly selfish, prejudiced, vindictive, etc.; petty; mean; narrow 0
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Origin of small-minded
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50
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Parts of speech for Small-minded
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
small-minded popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for small-minded
adj small-minded
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- bigoted — Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- intolerant — not tolerating or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one's own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted.
adjective small-minded
- narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- racialist — racism.
- racist — a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- xenophobic — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
Antonyms for small-minded
adj small-minded
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
adjective small-minded
- nonspecific — Not detailed or exact; general.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
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