closed-earedness

Noun

closed-earedness (uncountable)

1. A reluctance or aversion to listening to new styles of music.
   • An interesting concept that has gained some momentum over the last twenty years has been that of open and closed-earedness.2010, John Flohr, Valerie Trollinger, Music in Elementary Education, Hoboken, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN
   • Children appear to experience phases of 'open-earedness', such as middle childhood, where they tolerate a large amount of musical styles, and 'closed-earedness', such as adolescence, where their preferences are far more constrained.2011, Ian Cross, Michael Thaut, Susan Hallam, Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238

   Antonyms:

   open-earedness