Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Disposition; inclination toward anything; moral tendency: only in composition: as, heavenly-mindedness; clear-mindedness.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being minded in a particular way (as in narrow-mindedness, absent-mindedness).
Examples
“That small mindedness is what gives TROLLS power here.”
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“All this talk about closed-mindedness is a side show.”
“But through a social lens that sees a hierarchy of value in human life, such single-mindedness is impossible.”
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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.”
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“Its impeccable serious-mindedness is nothing to scoff at; what some saw as ponderous now seems merely prescient.”
“As a reader, her demented single-mindedness is highly amusing.”
“Open mindedness is no more reducible to attitude than knowledge is reducible to cost.”
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“The Dutch narrow-mindedness is for average people.”
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“The narrow-mindedness is underlined by this choice quote:”
“Our reflexive open-mindedness is often derided as evidence that we're soft in the head.”
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