closed-eared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more closed-eared
form: most closed-eared
form: close-eared
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, like the nation's government, we have a bunch of closed-eared baffoons running the nation's country music stations thinking they are cool because they have found Alison Krauss and watering down the airwaves with the young -hat, disco, pop mainstream, line-dance crap.
ref: 1995 November 22, Dave Lavender, “Bluegrass radio stations?”, in rec.music.country.western (Usenet):
text: Ugh... this is what I really hate about musical arguments related to cutting edge music. The characterization that people who prefer this or that genre or flavor (new or old) are conventional or closed-eared, or just plain dull.
ref: 1996 July 4, Jeff Harrington, “A question about Xenakis”, in rec.music.classical.contemporary (Usenet):
text: The casual observer and the closed-eared critic—of which there are many, if not most—misses the increased artistic complexity that characterized each evolving stage of the music.
ref: 2007, William Jelani Cobb, To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 41:
text: Later, when many adolescents become "closed-eared," listening preferences are closely aligned with and guided by peer group norms.
ref: 2009, Richard A. Shweder, editor, The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion, Chicago, I.L.: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 656:
text: Instead of simply abandoning those opportunities to share new musics when individuals may be perceived as closed-eared, music educators should make an even more concerted effort to share new musics since repetition can be used as an instructional tool to have a positive impact on those levels of receptivity.
ref: 2018, Jacqueline Henninger, “Research-to-Resource: Effective Incorporation of World Music Into the Music Classroom”, in Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, volume 37, number 1, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: SAGE Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN:
antonyms: open-eared
glosses: Reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music.
examples: text: Press-agents delight in recounting to open-mouthed and closed-eared reporters stories of the humble beginnings of the brilliant stars whose orbits they control.
ref: 1911, Everybody's Magazine, volume 25, number 6, pages 794–795:
text: Britain also planned to introduce conscription, more loftily known as National Service, probably yet another blow to the closed-eyed and closed-eared Joachim von Ribbentrop. He would have been even more surprised if he had learned of the convoluted untruths and failed purposes that preceded the British guarantee to Poland.
ref: 1992, John Weitz, Hitler's diplomat, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, →ISBN, page 201:
text: I think you have pretty good chance of surviving this sport, unlike some other closed eared/minded new riders.
ref: 2001 June 24, jenner, “Anybody got R6 as their first bike?”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
text: Lydia is still very sceptical of Paul, but Mandy is becoming closed-eared because she doesn't want to hear it.
ref: 2021 March 26, Daniel Kilkelly, quoting Lisa Riley, “Emmerdale star Lisa Riley promises "every emotion" for Mandy and Paul stunt week”, in Digital Spy, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2021:
antonyms: open-eared
glosses: Uninterested in listening to others; inattentive.
Derived terms: closed-earedness