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- noun The state or quality of being
closed-minded .
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Examples
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After all, Schulte wrote, Western medicine has been guilty of closed-mindedness in the past.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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That was an impressive job of parading your ignorance and closed-mindedness.
Matthew Yglesias » Cato’s David Boaz Joins George Will in Peddling Bogus “Global Cooling” Stories 2009
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The mere fact you were so willing to throw the troll-switch on Matty was enough to indicate, at the very least, closed-mindedness on that issue.
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That this idea, a sound and much debated scientific proposition, emailed by a student should cause the Dean of one of the nationâs top law school and so many commenters here to jump the shark is remarkable for showing the closed-mindedness of the elite.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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No one, and i mean no one, makes Democrats foolishly expose who they really are, what they want for America, and that their hearts are filled with hate and closed-mindedness than Sarah Palin.
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After all, Schulte wrote, Western medicine has been guilty of closed-mindedness in the past.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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I come from Ireland, and found the similarity to the Irish closed-mindedness of its small towns eerily similar.
Danish Oscar Submission Terribly Happy to be Remade in English…by the Original Director | /Film 2010
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People like Mr. Brown are entitled to their opinions, they are entitled to their closed-mindedness, and they're certainly entitled to detract.
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The fact that you criticize that which you've never read merely speaks to your closed-mindedness, not your ability to detect design.
Blast From the Past 2010
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After all, Schulte wrote, Western medicine has been guilty of closed-mindedness in the past.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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