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Meaning of narrowness

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  narrowness
      n 1: the property of being narrow; having little width; "the
           narrowness of the road" [ant: {broadness}, {wideness}]
      2: an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking
         behavior [syn: {narrow-mindedness}, {narrowness}] [ant:
         {broad-mindedness}]
      3: a restriction of range or scope; "the problem with
         achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students";
         "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of
         focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons"
      4: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow
         margin of victory"; "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}, {narrowness},
         {slimness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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