closed-minded

adjective

variants or close-minded

chiefly US, disapproving

: not willing to consider different ideas or opinions : having or showing a closed mind

He's becoming increasingly closed-minded in his old age.

a very close-minded attitude

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People disagree profoundly about the source of the threat to democracy, with voters on the left and right viewing each other as uniquely, historically dangerous—immoral, dishonest, and closed-minded. —

Nancy Gibbs, TIME, 18 July 2024 For example, Republicans and Democrats became more likely to view each other as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral, unintelligent and lazy between 2016 and 2022, according to a different Pew study based on responses from 6,174 adults. —

Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024 Early books often depict the White Tower as an ivory tower, an ossified and insular institution weakened over time by closed-minded adherence to old rules and traditions. —

Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2023 But no one besides pure and unalloyed propagandists wants journalists to be more closed-minded or less willing to listen and learn. —

Max Moran, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023 This closed-minded response was typical of how the press treated Donald Trump during his presidency: with deep disdain and dismissal of logic and facts. —

WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023