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insular


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NOT WILLING TO CONSIDER NEW OR DIFFERENT IDEAS


He grew up in an insular and isolated family.

Synonyms and examples


narrow-minded
disapproving
She's a mean, narrow-minded person.
intolerant
disapproving
How can I get him to stop being so intolerant of other people?
small-minded
disapproving
We are not the small-minded bigots that the opposition makes us out to be.
hidebound
disapproving
The institution has hidebound ideas about whether women can be adequate scholars.
provincial
disapproving
He can be very provincial when it comes to women in the workplace.
parochial
disapproving
You'd think someone as well-travelled as she is would be less parochial in her views.
blinkered
He has a rather blinkered view of just how pervasive technology is in our modern world.

Antonyms and examples


open-minded
I was surprised at how open-minded she is.
tolerant
In a tolerant society, many different types of people can live together in peace.

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bigoted
disapproving
She was criticized as bigoted for her controversial views.
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If someone is narrow-minded, they are not willing to consider new or different ideas.

insular | American Thesaurus


insular


adjective
These are words and phrases related to insular. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of insular.
The backwoods people had an insular approach to life.

Synonyms


narrow
narrow-minded
bigoted
biased
illiberal
prejudiced
intolerant
limited
provincial
parochial
isolated
petty
insulated

Antonyms


broad-minded
liberal
catholic
cosmopolitan
sophisticated
worldly
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