BLINKERED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

blinkered

adjective

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as in parochial

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Recent Examples of blinkered At times, Fedorova’s valiantly open-minded kinksters can seem blinkered in their own way. — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026 After presenting a morass of rich themes, Nwosu teases out a small, surprising finale that transcends the blinkered concerns driving her protagonist. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026 The variety of politics that preoccupied the literary scene in New York turned out to be fractious, blinkered, and less than helpful on almost every front, including the artistic. — Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 By that blinkered calculus, an informative podcast will always trump music. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blinkered

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From a parochial point of view, former Bruin goalie Joonas Korpisalo is now a Blueshirt after being dealt to Broadway on July 1.

— Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 July 2026
Many children in Florida attending private, parochial or homeschool programs do not take the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, or FAST, test, which is used by Florida’s public school districts to measure students’ achievement.

— Kendall Deas, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Definition of parochial

Adjective

Cheapening a Storied Brand Furthermore, the Klarna partnership cheapens Apple’s premium brand identity, which was in part achieved by its extremely insular ecosystem.

— Bee Wertheimer, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
The leader of his country’s Socialist Party, Rama came to power in 2013, as Albania was still sloughing off its insular identity.

— Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of insular

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The fires prompted evacuations, including in Nova Scotia where there’s a large fire that local and provincial crews have been fighting since Wednesday, and in northwestern Ontario, where some of the most intense fires are burning.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026
The report cited testimony that provincial fleets still include 22 older CL-215 aircraft and that at least 20 aircraft require immediate replacement.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of provincial

Adjective

The writer and former white supremacist Richard Hanania was once the toast of MAGA-curious tech barons and reactionary intellectuals.

— Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
This included one of their players poking a finger into the ear of the Belgian penalty-spot protector Diego Moreira, and responding to the reactionary elbow to the tummy by going down, and staying down, on top of the penalty mark.

— Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of reactionary

Adjective

And while a few of its more hidebound customs can present something of an endurance test—outside of Chicagoland, nobody actually enjoys Take Me Out to the Ball Game—fans would probably riot if MLB managers stopped wearing their team’s uniform.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Trump expresses confidence that his nominee to become Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, can unleash an economic bonanza by jettisoning what the president sees as the central bank’s hidebound reluctance to slash interest rates.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026

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