Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Disposition; inclination toward anything; moral tendency: only in composition: as, heavenly-mindedness; clear-mindedness.
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- noun The state of being
minded in a particular way (as innarrow-mindedness ,absent-mindedness ).
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Examples
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The Dutch narrow-mindedness is for average people.
Global Voices in English » Netherlands: Too young to sail the world alone at 13? 2009
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That small-mindedness is not a new phenomenon, however, as writer Pétur Gunnarsson reminds us in his book about Þórðarson, In The Land Of Poverty: "Þórbergur experiences his poverty as a consequence of the tightly knit click of moneyed interests, of bureaucrats, oligarchs, and the clergy, who fiercely guard the meat kettles and make sure that access is limited to them and those they deem worthy."
Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010
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That small-mindedness is not a new phenomenon, however, as writer Pétur Gunnarsson reminds us in his book about Þórðarson, In The Land Of Poverty: "Þórbergur experiences his poverty as a consequence of the tightly knit click of moneyed interests, of bureaucrats, oligarchs, and the clergy, who fiercely guard the meat kettles and make sure that access is limited to them and those they deem worthy."
Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010
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Open mindedness is no more reducible to attitude than knowledge is reducible to cost.
Is Jeffrey Friedman Ignorant?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Its impeccable serious-mindedness is nothing to scoff at; what some saw as ponderous now seems merely prescient.
2001: A Space Odyssey: No 1 Catherine Shoard 2010
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But through a social lens that sees a hierarchy of value in human life, such single-mindedness is impossible.
ProWomanProLife » It all depends on one’s perspective (a long, loooong post) 2009
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All this talk about closed-mindedness is a side show.
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That small mindedness is what gives TROLLS power here.
Think Progress » Bachmann: ‘MoveOn.org people’ are not ‘real people.’ 2010
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All this talk about closed-mindedness is a side show.
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As a reader, her demented single-mindedness is highly amusing.
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