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Words used to describe someone who is stubborn and narrow-minded

stubborn

adjective

a stubborn person is not willing to change their ideas or to consider anyone else’s reasons or arguments

narrow

adjective

limited in the way that you look at things and not willing to consider other ideas

conservative

adjective

not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society

intolerant

adjective

not willing to accept behaviour, beliefs, or opinions that are different from your own

narrow-minded

adjective

disliking or not interested in ideas or cultures different from your own

opinionated

adjective

someone who is opinionated has very strong opinions that they refuse to change even when they are clearly unreasonable

inflexible

adjective

not willing to change your ideas, beliefs, or decisions

closed

adjective

not willing to consider the ideas, opinions, or beliefs of other people or groups

rigid

adjective

not willing to change your ideas, attitudes, opinions etc

bloody-minded

adjective

deliberately refusing to accept that you are not completely right about something, in a way that is not helpful to other people and annoys them

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