blinkered
adjective
blink·ered
ˈbliŋ-kərd 
1
: limited in scope or understanding : narrow-minded
2
: fitted with blinders
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His was a kinder form of the historical determinism of a Morgan or a Grant perhaps, but no less blinkered and time-bound.
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Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
In Politics and Literature at the Dawn of World War II, the Dartmouth literary scholar James A.W. Heffernan proposes that academic and popular histories, diaries, and journalistic accounts offer only a blinkered view of the past.
—Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
The neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians has produced a blinkered set of moral concerns.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
American politics, guided by the neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians, has focused on a blinkered set of moral concerns and blindly pursued the unquestioned priorities of personal freedom and consumption.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
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Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
In Politics and Literature at the Dawn of World War II, the Dartmouth literary scholar James A.W. Heffernan proposes that academic and popular histories, diaries, and journalistic accounts offer only a blinkered view of the past.
—Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
The neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians has produced a blinkered set of moral concerns.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
American politics, guided by the neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians, has focused on a blinkered set of moral concerns and blindly pursued the unquestioned priorities of personal freedom and consumption.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
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“Blinkered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinkered. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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