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Adjective: narrow-minded  ,ner-ow'mIn-did [N. Amer], ,na-row'mIn-did [Brit]
  1. Capable of being shocked
    "my secret weapon was to never seem narrow-minded so my daughters were always very open with me";
    - shockable
     
  2. Lacking tolerance, flexibility or breadth of view
    "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge";
    - narrow
     
  3. Rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

See also: closed-minded, close-minded, dogmatic, dogmatical, illiberal, intolerant, narrow, opinionated, opinionative, petty, self-opinionated, small-minded

Encyclopedia: Narrow-minded