narrowness

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noun

1. the property of being narrow;
having little width (Freq. 1)
- the narrowness of the road
• Ant:
wideness
• Derivationally related forms:
narrow
• Hypernyms:
width, breadth
• Hyponyms:
fineness, thinness
2. an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
• Syn:
narrow-mindedness
• Ant:
broad-mindedness (for: narrow-mindedness)
• Derivationally related forms:
narrow, narrow-minded (for: narrow-mindedness)
• Hypernyms:
intolerance
• Hyponyms:
parochialism, pettiness, provincialism, sectarianism, denominationalism
3. a small margin
- the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
- the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
• Syn:
narrow margin, slimness
• Derivationally related forms:
slim (for: slimness), narrow
• Hypernyms:
margin
4. a restriction of range or scope
- the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students
- the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus
- frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons
• Derivationally related forms:
narrow
• Hypernyms:
restriction, limitation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  narrow margin, slimness, narrow-mindedness
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  broad-mindedness, wideness, broadness