Bedeutung
A readiness to consider new ideas or opinions without prejudice.
Aufgabensammlung
3 AufgabenHaving an _ _ is important for understanding different perspectives.
To truly learn and grow, you need to cultivate an _ _.
She approached the debate with an _ _, ready to listen to all arguments.
🎉 Ergebnis: /3
The phrase 'open mind' combines two common English words. 'Open' comes from Old English 'open', meaning 'not closed or shut, accessible, unobstructed'. This, in turn, has roots in Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European, referring to things that are not covered or are spread out. 'Mind' originates from Old English 'gemynd', meaning 'memory, remembrance; thought, purpose, intention; consciousness, intellect, faculty of thinking'. It is related to Old Frisian 'mend', Old Saxon 'gimund', Old Norse 'minni' (memory), and Gothic 'gamunds' (memory). These words can be traced back to Proto-Germanic and further to Proto-Indo-European roots associated with thinking, remembering, and mental states. The collocation 'open mind' to describe a receptive intellectual attitude became common in English by the 19th century, although the concept of being open to new ideas is much older. The phrase literally suggests a mind that is not closed off or rigid, allowing new thoughts to enter and be processed without immediate judgment.
