blinkered
71bigoted — adjective Syn: prejudiced, biased, partial, one sided, sectarian, discriminatory, opinionated, dogmatic, intolerant, narrow minded, blinkered, illiberal Ant: open minded …
72narrow-minded — adjective Syn: intolerant, illiberal, reactionary, conservative, parochial, provincial, insular, small minded, petty, blinkered, inward looking, narrow, hidebound, prejudiced, bigoted Ant: tolerant …
73Book Squadrons — Government run book clubs in Venzuela. Since Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, announced the launch of his “Revolutionary Reading Plan” in April, thousands of free books have been distributed across the country. As Will Grant reported for… …
74quite — 1. Quite is a highly mobile word with a wide range of uses qualifying adjectives and adverbs (quite heavy / quite often), singular nouns (quite a lot), and verbs (We quite understand / I d quite like to). It causes difficulty because it has two… …
75Folklore Society — The Folk Lore Society was founded in January 1878 (it kept the hyphen till 1968), and was thus the first society in the world devoted to the subject. There had been protracted correspondence in *N&Q in 1876 7, initiated by Eliza *Gutch ( St… …
76dill — Used of a stupid and despicable person, especially by American speakers. The word is probably an abbreviation of ‘dildo’, an object which acts as a substitute for an erect penis. ‘Dill is certainly synonymous with ‘prick’ or ‘jerk’ used… …
77blinker — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. in pl.) either of a pair of screens attached to a horse s bridle to prevent it from seeing sideways. 2 a device that blinks, esp. a vehicle s indicator. v.tr. 1 obscure with blinkers. 2 (as blinkered adj.) having narrow and… …
