noun
1. the property of being narrow; having little width (Freq. 1)
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the narrowness of the road
• Ant: ↑wideness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑narrow
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
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the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
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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
• Hypernyms: ↑margin
4. a restriction of range or scope
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the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students
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the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus
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frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons
• Derivationally related forms: ↑narrow
• Hypernyms: ↑restriction, ↑limitation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.