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open-minded
[ oh-puhn-mahyn-did ]
adjective
- having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or arguments.
- unprejudiced; unbigoted; impartial.
open-minded
adjective
- having a mind receptive to new ideas, arguments, etc; unprejudiced
Derived Forms
- ˌopen-ˈmindedly, adverb
- ˌopen-ˈmindedness, noun
Other Words From
- open-minded·ly adverb
- open-minded·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of open-minded1
Example Sentences
Eli says something very interesting during his conversation with Alicia: “They [voters] want people who are open-minded.”
Our culture is becoming more open-minded about previously taboo subjects.
And just as the NBA and WNBA continue to develop as open-minded sports leagues, Bosh plans to develop even further as a designer.
Some said that they found trans women more interesting, open-minded, and/or courageous than the average cis woman.
“We have a good president who is open-minded, but I think the pressure needs to come from the bottom up,” he said.
It angered him exceedingly to see how readily his open-minded relative had fallen into the swindlers' trap.
It is one to be approached in a spirit of open-minded inquiry, entirely unaffected by hopes or fears or dogmas or moral claims.
She became his public, as it were, and no man ever had a more open-minded, clear-headed public than that.
At that time I was quite open-minded, I had arrived at no definite conclusion as to the existence or non-existence of ghosts.
His smooth, soft ways won Olaf's heart and the open-minded king put complete trust in him.
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