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engstirnig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bigoted adj Showing the intolerant, closed-minded attitude of a bigot; quick to judge others unfairly.
  • illiberal adj Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
  • parochial adj Relating to a parish, the local area a church serves.
  • sectarian adj Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.

Senses

engstirnig is used for these senses in English:

  • bigoted Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.
  • blinkered (figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one; narrow-minded.
  • hidebound (figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
  • illiberal Narrow-minded; bigoted.
  • narrow-minded Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.
  • narrow-minded Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced.
  • parochial (derogatory) Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
  • sectarian Parochial or narrow-minded.

illiberal — full definition

  1. adj Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
  2. adj Narrow-minded; bigoted.
  3. adj Ungenerous, stingy.
  4. adj Not adhering to either liberalism or neoliberalism.

Related German words