Close-minded or closed-minded?
close-minded is an adjective meaning “Unreceptive to new ideas or information; stubbornly set in one's ways”; closed-minded is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of close-minded”.
What is the difference between close-minded and closed-minded?
| close-minded | closed-minded | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | Unreceptive to new ideas or information; stubbornly set in one's ways | Alternative form of close-minded |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | not counted (the list counts single words) |
Sources: close-minded and closed-minded in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of close-minded and closed-minded
close-minded
- 1
Unreceptive to new ideas or information; stubbornly set in one's ways
closed-minded
- 1
Alternative form of close-minded
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
How many people search close-minded vs closed-minded?
“close-minded vs closed-minded” is searched about 10 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
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