Meaning of midget-minded | Babel Free

Definitions

Small-minded, stupid.

colloquial, derogatory

Examples

“1949, John Joseph O'Neill, Engineering the New Age, I. Washburn, page 289, Because of this situation we are producing year after year crops of intellectually-dwarfed and midget-minded graduates whose limitations make⟳ them easy victims for compliance with a continuation of the system.”

“1973 February 28, “The Destroyers Strike⟳!”, editorial in The Advocate, number⟳ 106, quoted in Michael Bronski, Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility, South End⟳ Press⟳ (1984), →ISBN, page 148, The midget-minded masochists among us, it seems, cannot bear⟳ even the slightest hint of progress⟳ toward law reform⟳ and justice for Gays.”

“1998, Charlotte Vale Allen, Matters of the Heart, Island Nation Press⟳ LLC, →ISBN, page 212, “ […] They’re the tedious little drones who refer⟳, with fabricated ennui, to the tiresome habits of their midget-minded husbands. […] ””

“2006, Gordon L. Patzer, The Power and Paradox of Physical Attractiveness, Universal Publishers, →ISBN, page 123, We respect⟳ people who “stand⟳ tall” or who possess⟳ “stature,” but we lower our expectations for the “midget-minded” or those with “Napoleon complexes” and castigate negative actions with promulgating biases about “stooping really low” or “belittling.””

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