blinkered

adjective

Definition of blinkerednext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinkered
  1. parochial
  2. insular
  3. provincial
  4. reactionary
  5. hidebound
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  • 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
  • They are hired hands and stewards of other people’s capital, with no desire to becoming embroiled in internecine squabbles between clashing advocates, parochial activists, and plain opportunists latching on to the moment.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
Definition of parochial
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  • Meanwhile, the word on Grand Illusion was getting out beyond the insular arthouse crowd.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
  • Edelman shared the data this week at his firm’s annual Trust Summit in New York, where the question on every leader’s mind was how to build trust in an increasingly insular world.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Definition of insular
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  • The port city has been targeted before, most recently yesterday when the semi-official Fars News Agency reported the provincial government saying a projectile hit the western part of Bandar Abbas.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • In June, the provincial government of Anhui published an action plan to fast-track BCI development across research, production and industrialization.
    — Elaine Yu, CNBC, 11 July 2026
Definition of provincial
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  • The internet’s reactionary machinery is churning at full force after Graham’s sudden death and Mitch McConnell’s illness.
    — Olivia George, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • And in recent years, the image of a white pioneer family in homespun garb has been impossible to separate from the reactionary tradwife trend.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 9 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
Definition of hidebound

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