High-minded

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Given to idealism.

    "Walter was the ideal—generous, high-minded, clear in perception; but sensitive, even weak, in action; or, rather, too apt to imagine a world full of lofty aims and noble impulses, and then fancying that was the world in which he had to live."

  2. 2
    Refined, cultured, particularly civilized.

    "After the pause for much more self-deprecating laughter and with everyone listening, Salmond rounded off his story on a high-minded note. The hospital near that village is also powered by the same hydro project, he told them."

  3. 3
    Proud or arrogant.
  4. 4
    Magnanimous.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style wordnet

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bigbigheartedblamelesschivalrouschristianclean

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"Some of Greene's views are influenced by high-minded modern philosophies including existentialism. But she is also grounded in the down-to-earth realities of New York City's schools, where she inspired the creation of the High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry in 2005."

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high-mindedlyhigh-mindedness

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