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Open minded

Open mindedness is when even if you think you are right, you know that you can be wrong and are always willing to listen to and hear an opposing or contradictory view.
Open minded people have views but know that their views do not have to be held by everyone. Open minded people also know that their views can be wrong.
Open minded by madhvi February 17, 2004

Open minded

An ability to not dismiss an idea with sneering contempt, simply because it does not fit within your preconceived notions.
Rather than preaching an intolerant ideal of "tolerance" you should strive to be more open minded.
Open minded by Jake in NYC May 4, 2006

Pre open minded knowledge 

this is one of four elements needed to establish good and constructive communication across cultures. it means that you have to prepare your self, be open to new things and to create a data base that will assist you to understand the other side actions.
while establishing business in India, knowing about the culture as much as possible will be in your benefit. research, meeting, expirence and what ever that will help you to expend your knowledge about the local culture it is all Pre open minded knowledge

open minded

Having a mind willing to listen to opinions that are different from or conflict with your own; unbiased; unprejudiced.

Unfortunately, it has become a term used by condescending to describe themselves or to mean "you should agree with me."

The irony of term being that modern psychology disproves that people are incapable of being truly open minded. Therefore, if one was to claim that they are open minded, they must be willing to acknowledge that they are not open-minded.
(After a debate on the internet)

Lindsay: You should be more open minded.

Elise: So, in other words, I should agree with you? You are aware you are not being open minded.
open minded by Commonsense September 5, 2012

Open minded

Used primarily on dating and hook-up apps/sites it denotes that the profile owner is open to the use of illicit drugs, chemsex and/or PnP sessions by adding it into there profile header, introduction or any place where the user can enter text.
I work hard and I play even harder and I am very open minded. I’m looking for hung, toned or muscled guys and who are also open minded, for long play sessions.
Open minded by DefinitiveME March 16, 2019

open-minded 

a person who actually tries something before they decide whether they like it or not; they like or hate something because of actual exposure, not because others think it's cool
I am an open-minded punk. I don't hate on artists like Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan because so-called "true punks" think they shouldn't be listened to. I actually have heard their music, and while they may not sing about the government, they're still great artists.
open-minded by Karen Stickney September 16, 2008