civic-minded
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- civic-mindedly adverb
- civic-mindedness noun
Etymology
Origin of civic-minded
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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John and his wife, Joan, weren’t especially political, though they were active and civic-minded.
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Offering a civic-minded channel devoted to displaying democracy in action helped smooth the path for the pay TV industry’s expansion.
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Hasell said that news fatigue “can really lead to news avoidance and disengagement and even defeatism — the idea that nothing can be fixed, so why bother” — so even the most civic-minded news junkies shouldn’t feel bad about limiting their intake.
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A request from the fire department was misconstrued online, illustrating the untapped resource of civic-minded neighbors eager to pitch in.
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“People once thought City Hall was too expensive to retrofit. Were it not for civic-minded people, it would’ve been torn down. What a tragedy that would’ve been.”
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