narrow-minded

/ˌˈnɛroʊ ˌˈmaɪndɪd/

/ˈnærəʊmaɪndɪd/

When someone's narrow-minded, they're intolerant of other people's opinions and experiences. There's no convincing your narrow-minded uncle that Indian cuisine is delicious — he stubbornly insists that only "American" food tastes good.

Being narrow-minded means that you've got a rigid and ungenerous perspective on the world. It's narrow-minded to believe that everyone who disagrees with you is wrong. A narrow-minded person can see only their own tiny slice of the world and doesn't attempt to learn about and understand other people's experiences. Prejudiced and biased people are also narrow-minded: "The narrow-minded opponents of integrated schools were on the wrong side of history."

Definitions of narrow-minded

1. adjective

   lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
   synonyms: blinkered, narrow

   close-minded, closed-minded

   not ready to receive to new ideas

   dogmatic, dogmatical

   characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

   illiberal, intolerant

   narrow-minded about cherished opinions

   opinionated, opinionative, self-opinionated

   obstinate in your opinions

   petty, small-minded

   contemptibly narrow in outlook

   narrow

   not wide

   antonyms:

   broad-minded

   inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own

   broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant

   showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

   catholic

   comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes or interests; free from provincial prejudices or attachments

   free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical

   unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)

   open-minded

   ready to entertain new ideas
2. adjective

   rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines
   synonyms:

   sectarian

   belonging to or characteristic of a sect
3. adjective

   capable of being shocked
   synonyms: shockable