"closed mindset" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You might use it when talking about someone's attitude or beliefs that are limiting and make them resistant to change. For example, "John has a closed mindset and is unwilling to consider new ideas."
It is not easy for natural scientists to adapt to such new practice: the open arms of good will at the level of ambition have to be reconciled with the traditionally closed mindset of a lot of disciplinary routines and training.
With that comes a closed mindset that says you are either in or out; there is no in between.
The Church in its closed mindset, sees denial as the best way to protect the institution, whereas such denial and obfuscation is what is causing long-term harm to the Church.
An independent fitness to practice panel said Patel had brought his profession into disrepute and had shown "a closed mindset" in April 2009 when he had attributed Tomlinson's death during the G20 protests to coronary heart disease.
Stephenson, who took charge of the Met in May 2009, said it suffered from a "closed mindset" at the time and worked on the "flawed assumption" that the original investigation in 2006 was "successful".
The Metropolitan police has admitted it shut down its original News of the World phone-hacking investigation in 2006 "too quickly and with a defensive and closed mindset" – but denied any accusations of corruption or inappropriate relationships with News International.
Take one part micro issues (tactics, manager, team selection) mix with two parts wider flaws (the dysfunctional structure of English football, lack of opportunities for English players, closed cultural mindsets, a lack of game intelligence at moments of high pressure and so on), add tears of bitter disappointment, mix with a slug of ennui and serve.
Therefore, the term puts deniers in a defensive crouch and their collective mindset closes further.
(Don't actually close your eyes because you have to read this, but just get in the mindset of having your eyes closed).
As our list of 15 swindles during the past year (see P.T. Barnum Was Right) is limited to happenings in the United States, it regrettably cannot include Ishida, but you do keep bumping into his mindset closer to home.
Arizona State in 2014 specified that applicants for a post at its new Center for Political Thought and Leadership display a focus on "the relations between free-market institutions and political liberty in modern history," which came suspiciously close to the mindset of the Koch family, which had contributed $1.3 million in seed money for the center. .
