Broad Minded

Word BROAD MINDED
Character 12
Hyphenation broad-minded
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Definitions and meanings of "Broad Minded"

What do we mean by broad minded?

Having or characterized by tolerant or liberal views. adjective

Characterized by breadth of view and freedom from bigotry; liberal and unprejudiced: as, a broad-minded man.

Incapable of being shocked. Opposite of shockable. adjective

Inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from one's own. Opposite of narrow-minded. adjective

Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity. adjective

Inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own adjective

Incapable of being shocked adjective

Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity.

How a male chauvinist claims to be in his general thinking regarding female-human-related matters, but in reality he either is "only interested in one thing" (i.e., he constantly "has broads on his mind") and/or views da fairer gender as merely annoying wider-hipped versions of himself. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Broad Minded

The word "broad-minded" in example sentences

This is great for growing into a broad-minded individual who can accept differences and work with them. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Since Fancy liked “all that Depression-era crap,” normally she would have been glad to see Kit being so broad-minded, but she was still upset over how Kit had behaved with the Turners yesterday. ❋ Dia Reeves (2011)

"The Valley of the Moon" has been called the most broad-minded and well-balanced story he has ever written. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I've found psychoanalysts to be very broad-minded, so I really don't mind being in a room with them," she said. ❋ Jessica Firger (2011)

Can a culture, so decrepit and inhumane that it boasts of its own periodic death at every turn, produce broad-minded poets? ❋ Anis Shivani (2011)

Shamsie's attempt to explain political upheaval through interlocking lives is broad-minded, clear-sighted, even valiant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“How broad-minded of you,” he said, his voice acidic. ❋ Kristine Douglas (2011)

Compared to more orthodox Church officials they were very broad-minded about what they sought for their libraries – classic pagan Greek and Latin literature were included as enthusiastically as scripture and related Christian texts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"He was broad-minded, articulate, and he believed in the vision we all had, to combine environmental concerns with the need for housing and transportation infrastructure." ❋ Jonathan Weisman (2011)

“Our party,” he said, “has got to be compassionate and broad-minded.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pretty broad-minded view of the greatest nation on earth ya got there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Assad "is young, he is well-educated, he is broad-minded and we think that he has a chance for modernization in his country if the ruling class of Syria becomes more open-minded, more receptive to new ideas," Mr. Margelov told journalists Thursday on the sidelines of an international policy forum in Yaroslavl, Russia, the AP said. ❋ Farnaz Fassihi (2011)

He seemed generous, broad-minded, and, for a sailor, very much of a man of the world. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But both stories do show the power in remaining broad-minded enough to acknowledge the truth in an opponent's narrative, thereby freeing the opponent to acknowledge the truth in yours. ❋ Ben Brandzel (2010)

Now a testament to the broad-minded nature of today's canvas-dwelling youth or evidence of the deep divides that separate music fans, the event compiles performers into day-by-day categories: hard rockers, tried and tested indie heavyweights and People's Choice favourites, bills which alternate between Reading and its sister venture in West Yorkshire. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This is why it is that, when others boast of national achievement, the American just points to the flag and bluntly says to all the world, 'Match this if you can, the peerless story of human freedom, of intellectual progress, of great-hearted, broad-minded development told in the mystic wedlock of the Stars and Stripes.' ❋ James Grant (2011)

Da [Pentagon] is full of arrogant gender-prejudiced stuffed-shirt officials who so-strongly favor a male-dominated military dat they cannot even show basic common sense when communicated with in certain ways; a prime example would be when General [Halftrack] asked to be transferred overseas --- "I asked them to send me abroad" --- but da arrogant "Washington windbags" were so "broad-minded" dat they misunderstandingly assumed dat he'd meant dat he merely wanted a female officer added to da ranks at Camp Swampy, and so said bumbling alcoholic [lifer] not only remained "stuck in da States", but he has also ended up being additionally burdened wif a huge [lumbering] feminist who consistently "pulls rank" and otherwise gives him and all da other male officers da same disapproving push-back dat his [shrewish] wife always has. ❋ QuacksO (2023)

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