open-mindedness
Example Sentences
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Does a full bookshelf convey intellectual curiosity and open-mindedness, or immodesty and self-importance?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Love, he went on, was an open-mindedness, a desire to know someone and witness them—a parental kind of love.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
To that end, he looks to assess a candidate’s open-mindedness through their general approach to his questions.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
College courses must actively cultivate the virtues of curiosity, open-mindedness, intellectual humility, analytical rigor and, above all, dedication to the pursuit of truth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Even the most liberal ones who had spent a lifetime fighting racial and social injustice and who cherished the notion of open-mindedness drew the line at the Midland border.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
