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" I think stupid people are surprised that I'm Australian. It's a small-minded; we live in a global community, but I suppose some people still are small-minded."
Iggy Azalea

Meaning of "small-minded" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SMALL-MINDED

small-minded


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMALL-MINDED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Small-Minded is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SMALL-MINDED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of small-minded in the English dictionary

The definition of small-minded in the dictionary is narrow-minded; petty; intolerant; mean.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMALL-MINDED

small slam · small stores · small stuff · small talk · small town · small waved umber · small white · small wonder · small-bore · small-leaved lime · small-mindedly · small-mindedness · small-scale · small-size · small-sized · small-time · small-timer · small-town · smallage · smallboy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMALL-MINDED

absent-minded · bloody-minded · dirty-minded · double-minded · evil-minded · extended · fair-minded · liberal-minded · like-minded · long-winded · minded · narrow-minded · open-minded · right-minded · simple-minded · single-minded · sober-minded · strong-minded · tough-minded · weak-minded · winded

Synonyms and antonyms of small-minded in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SMALL-MINDED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «small-minded» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «small-minded» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMALL-MINDED

Find out the translation of small-minded to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of small-minded from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «small-minded» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

心胸狭窄
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

mezquino
570 millions of speakers
en

English

small-minded
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

छोटे दिमाग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضيق الأفق
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

мелочный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

tacanha
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষম্কীর্ণচেতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

mesquin
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berpikiran kecil
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

engstirnig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

狭量な
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

작은 마음
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Cilik-pikirane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhỏ mọn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சிறிய எண்ணம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लहान मनाचा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

dar görüşlü
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

meschino
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

małostkowy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дріб´язковий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

mici -minded
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στενόμυαλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klein - minded
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

småsinta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

small- minded
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of small-minded

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMALL-MINDED»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about small-minded

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4 QUOTES WITH «SMALL-MINDED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word small-minded.
1
Casey Affleck
For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.
2
Iggy Azalea
I think stupid people are surprised that I'm Australian. It's a small-minded; we live in a global community, but I suppose some people still are small-minded.
3
Bono
God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we're small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
4
David Fincher
Hollywood is great. I also think it's stupid and small-minded and shortsighted.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMALL-MINDED»

Discover the use of small-minded in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to small-minded and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Small-Minded Giants
Beyond the huge domed roof of Ash Harbour, a city built inside a hollowed-out mountain, deadly storms and Arctic temperatures have stripped the Earth bare.
Oisin McGann, 2009
2
Irredeemable Ant-Man - Volume 2: Small-Minded
A new superhero is born when Eric O'Grady, a low-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, finds Hank Pym's new Ant-Man suit, but O'Grady has no intention of using his new-found powers to help anyone but himself.
‎2007
3
Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded ...
Challenging America's confusing standard of beauty, a humorous look at life from the perspective of a large woman shares her own experiences as well as her thoughts on eating, sex, dating, exercise, and other topics.
Mo'Nique, Sherri A. McGee, 2004
4
The Madness of Michele Bachmann: A Broad-Minded Survey of a ...
Discover the real stories behind: Bachmann's long-standing, faith-based, antischool agenda "Bathroomgate"—Bachmann's claim to have been detained by two lesbians in a public bathroom The influence of outside money on her efforts and policy ...
Ken Avidor, Karl Bremer, Eva Young, 2011
5
The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story
Disgustedly pondering the simple- minded politics of her New Labour husband, Heather muses, “The politics of the last twenty years in Britain are liar's politics. The problem is we are ruled by the weak and the small-minded, who are too stupid ...
Andrew Maunder, 2007
6
The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan
Yoshimune Honest but Small-Minded. — As Yamashita Konai says, Yoshimune was a petty-minded person, always thinking of affairs of minor importance, but without such broad views and mind as to make him a good ruler of a country.
Yosaburō Takekoshi, 2004
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A New England Country Veterinarian: Memories and Musings
BIG HEARTED SOULS - SMALL MINDED SOULS In our society there are many big hearted souls who just can't resist rescuing stray or feral cats. They are however out numbered by many small minded souls who insist on dropping off ...
M. Terry Mills, 2000
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Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Fourth Edition
Then, he would tell Phyllis that she was being small-minded and awful, because she was acting out her jealousy, and he felt that this was making her stepchild miserable. Phyllis was angered by that attack on her self-esteem and never did ...
Alan S. Gurman, 2008
9
Maybe God Is Trying to Tell You Something...
GOD that's who! (Read 2 Corinthians 9:8-15) You can't do that if you're broke! We have to change our mind from being small-minded to Christ minded! Christ minded people recognize they'll never be paid what they're worth on their job.
Kimberly A. Holmes, 2003
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Bessie Head: Subversive Identities in Exile
"Don't you see?" he said softly. "Murder is a small-minded business." ... He made you take a long and perilous journey along a road where everyone threw things at you. Then he said you were small minded if you wanted to throw things back.
Huma Ibrahim, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMALL-MINDED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term small-minded is used in the context of the following news items.
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E-mails expose Hillary Clinton as a small-minded pol
The latest batch of Hillary Clinton e-mails disclosed by the State Department is perhaps the most interesting. This is not because there is a bombshell; we know ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Only the small-minded fear Caitlyn Jenner
Because these days, what isn't normal is the small-minded need to stigmatize those who walk a different path through life. What isn't normal is the bigot's siren ... «Miami Herald, Jun 15»
3
Is Europe ready to revolt against its small-minded, neoliberal …
That's the harsh lesson our mighty policymakers are about to discover in Europe, where the human hunger for greatness has deepened the eurozone's currency ... «The Week Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Accusing this ethnic minority woman of 'hate speech' is small
It is small-minded to take this as some kind of personal vendetta, or insult. Sure, we can have a debate about whether inflammatory language and extreme ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
5
The truth? Elon Musk couldn't wait to get out of small-minded South …
Elon Musk couldn't wait to get out of small-minded South Africa. New book reveals abusive father, bullying at school and a lack of opportunities defined Musk's ... «Rand Daily Mail, May 15»
6
Jeb Bush at Liberty University: Stand up for faith against 'small
The federal government tried to hound the charity group into complying, Bush suggested: "Somebody here is being small-minded and intolerant, and it sure isn't ... «Washington Examiner, May 15»
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Jeb Bush: Obama administration 'small-minded and intolerant' to …
Jeb Bush will blast the Obama administration as “small-minded and intolerant” to religious freedom in a commencement address Saturday at Liberty University, ... «The Hill, May 15»
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Ed Miliband: small-minded isolationism has damaged British influence
Ed Miliband will today say that the small-minded isolationism of David ... “It is time to reject the small-minded isolationism that has characterised this government, ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Thanks(?) Indiana, for being more small-minded than us
Still, the rest of the nation can no longer point to our state (as they could in the days of SB 1070 and SB 1062) and call us the most small-minded, intolerant, ... «azcentral.com, Mar 15»
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Gay Mormons are not the problem. Small-minded religious …
The enemy is a world and paradigm too small-minded to accept the dissenters and outcasts that Christ himself would have ministered to and included. I urge the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
REFERENCE
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