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# [[selfish|Selfish]], [[petty]]; [[constrain]]ed in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not [[mindful]] of the [[big picture]]. |
# [[selfish|Selfish]], [[petty]]; [[constrain]]ed in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not [[mindful]] of the [[big picture]]. |
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| ⚫ | #* {{RQ:Irving Washington|volume=1|chapter=22|passage=Dinwiddie was evidently actuated by the petty pique of a narrow and illiberal mind, impatient of contradiction, even when in error. . . . It may excite a grave smile at the present day to find Washington charged by this very '''small-minded''' man with looseness in his way of writing to him.}} |
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#* '''1859''', [[w:Washington Irving|Washington Irving]], ''Life of George Washington,Vol. 1'', ch. 22: |
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#* '''1907''', [[w:Gilbert Keith Chesterton|Gilbert Keith Chesterton]], ''Utopia of Usurers and other Essays'', ch. 26: The Tyranny of Bad Journalism: |
#* '''1907''', [[w:Gilbert Keith Chesterton|Gilbert Keith Chesterton]], ''Utopia of Usurers and other Essays'', ch. 26: The Tyranny of Bad Journalism: |
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#*: [C]onsider the case of the solemn articles in praise of the men who own newspapers—men of the type of Cadbury or Harmsworth, men of the type of the small club of millionaires. . . . These few '''small-minded''' men publish papers to praise themselves. |
#*: [C]onsider the case of the solemn articles in praise of the men who own newspapers—men of the type of Cadbury or Harmsworth, men of the type of the small club of millionaires. . . . These few '''small-minded''' men publish papers to praise themselves. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=February 1, 2007|author=[[w:Ta-Nehisi Coates|Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates]]|url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1584736,00.html|title=Is Obama Black Enough?|work=Time|accessdate=22 April 2014|passage=That someone given the escape valve of biraciality would choose to be black, would see some beauty in his darker self and still care more about health care and public education than reparations and Confederate flags is just too much for many '''small-minded''' racists, both black and white, to comprehend.}} |
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#*: That someone given the escape valve of biraciality would choose to be black, would see some beauty in his darker self and still care more about health care and public education than reparations and Confederate flags is just too much for many '''small-minded''' racists, both black and white, to comprehend. |
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Revision as of 14:44, 5 April 2022
See also: smallminded
English
Adjective
small-minded (comparative smaller-minded or more small-minded, superlative smallest-minded or most small-minded)
- Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.
- 1855–1859, Washington Irving, chapter 22, in The Life of George Washington, volume 1:
- Dinwiddie was evidently actuated by the petty pique of a narrow and illiberal mind, impatient of contradiction, even when in error. . . . It may excite a grave smile at the present day to find Washington charged by this very small-minded man with looseness in his way of writing to him.
- 1907, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Utopia of Usurers and other Essays, ch. 26: The Tyranny of Bad Journalism:
- [C]onsider the case of the solemn articles in praise of the men who own newspapers—men of the type of Cadbury or Harmsworth, men of the type of the small club of millionaires. . . . These few small-minded men publish papers to praise themselves.
- 2007 February 1, Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates, “Is Obama Black Enough?”, in Time[1], retrieved 22 April 2014:
- That someone given the escape valve of biraciality would choose to be black, would see some beauty in his darker self and still care more about health care and public education than reparations and Confederate flags is just too much for many small-minded racists, both black and white, to comprehend.
Translations
selfish; not mindful of the big picture
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Further reading
- “small-minded”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.