small-mindedness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˌsmɔːlˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/us/ˌsmɑːlˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/thequalityof beingsmall-minded(=refusingtoconsidernew or differentideas):
见识狭隘,心胸狭窄Insular small-mindedness is not anationaltraitof which to beproud.思想狭隘、小肚鸡肠并不是值得骄傲的民族特质。
Stoplisteningtonegativesmall-mindedness.不要再听信消极的狭隘思想。
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small-minded
- He wasaccusedofsexismand small-mindedness inblamingher for thecollapseof thetalks.
- He isfrustratedby the small-mindedness of those around him.
- Thedirectorpaintsapowerfulportraitsof smalltown small-mindedness.
Narrow-minded
- be set inyourwaysidiom
- be wearing blindersidiom
- be wearing blinkersidiom
- blinder
- blinker
- blinkered
- closed-minded
- intolerantly
- myopia
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedness
- non-thinking
- parochial
- prissy
- prude
- prudish
- prudishly
- prudishness
- tunnel vision