high-minded
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dɪd adjective
having or showing high, exalted principles or feelings.
Origin:
1495–1505
1495–1505
Related forms
high-mind·ed·ly, adverb
high-mind·ed·ness, noun
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| high-minded | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having or characterized by high moral principles |
| 2. | archaic arrogant; haughty |
| high-'mindedly | |
| —adv | |
| high-'mindedness | |
| —n | |
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High-minded
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Example sentences
Some members of his family tried to break it for ostensibly high-minded reasons and had to be bought off by the executors.
For him, the right to rule the natives had to be justified by high-minded ideals.
We may be thankful for the high-minded idealism that went into the rhetoric of some of our land-use directives.
The government has managed to drop other aspects of its once high-minded stand against the previous cabinet's policy.
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