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  • 61single-minded — adj someone who is single minded has one clear aim and works very hard to achieve it ▪ a tough, single minded lady ▪ He worked with single minded determination. >single mindedly adv >single mindedness n [U] …

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  • 62single-minded — adjective with your attention fixed on only one thing: single minded dedication/devotion/commitment single minded pursuit of success a. not allowing yourself to be influenced by other people: She s always been very single minded in pursuing her… …

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  • 63narrow-minded — (adj.) also narrow minded, 1620s, from NARROW (Cf. narrow) (adj.) + MINDED (Cf. minded). Related: Narrow mindedness. Middle English had narrow hearted mean, ungenerous, ignoble (c.1200) …

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  • 64open-minded — also openminded, open minded, 1828, first recorded in Carlyle; from OPEN (Cf. open) (adj.) + MINDED (Cf. minded). Figurative use of open (adj.) with reference to hearts, hands, etc. is from early 15c …

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  • 65simple-minded — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as simple minded, you believe that they interpret things in a way that is too simple and do not understand how complicated things are. Sylvie was a simple minded romantic... His politics were also… …

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  • 66open-minded — adjective 1) open minded attitudes Syn: unbiased, unprejudiced, nonpartisan, neutral, nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory; objective, dispassionate, disinterested; tolerant, liberal, permissive, broad minded Ant …

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  • 67broad-minded — [adj] liberal advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, freethinking, indulgent, liberal, open, open minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, undogmatic, unprejudiced, wide;… …

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  • 68closed-minded — adjective not ready to receive to new ideas • Syn: ↑close minded • Similar to: ↑narrow minded, ↑narrow * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : obstinately resistant to argument or to unfamiliar or unwelcome ideas * * * /klohzd muyn did/, adj. h …

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  • 69closed-minded — adj. not ready to receive new ideas. Syn: close minded. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 70close-minded — adj. not ready to receive new ideas. Syn: closed minded. [WordNet 1.5] …

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