broad-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
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tolerant of opposing viewpoints; not prejudiced; liberal
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not easily shocked by permissive sexual habits, pornography, etc
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Origin of broad-minded
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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While this may sound condescending today, at the time it was a broad-minded position.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Amid whatever contentious points they wanted to score, presidents have nearly always reverted to some broad-minded but nonspecific celebration of diversity and pluralism.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025
His broad-minded, fun-loving priest was originally in a TV pilot that Brophy wrote at the start of lockdown.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022
Is your philosophy broad-minded enough to accept a taco shop done my way, not like your suburban Taco Bell?
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2020
In Vermillion, Lewis Akeley taught a broad-minded curriculum of chemistry, physics, Latin, and physiology.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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