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closedminded en · ADJ

Etymology

From closed + minded.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of close-minded.
    • Paul (1990), as a basic part of his program for critical thinking, contrasts fairminded critical thinkers with both uncritical thinkers and closedminded critical thinkers. 1999, Douglas Walton, One-Sided Arguments: A Dialectical Analysis of Bias, →ISBN, page 71:

Forms

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more closedminded Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most closedminded Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

closedmindedness · closedmindedly