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closedmindedness

closedmindedness

See also: closed-mindedness

English

Noun

closedmindedness (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of close-mindedness
    • 2005, James L. Gibson & ‎Amanda Gouws, Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa: Experiments in Democratic Persuasion, ISBN 0521675154, page 203:
      In general, support for the hypothesized connection between closedmindedness and threat perceptions is found only among whites.