high-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
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having or characterized by high moral principles
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archaic arrogant; haughty
Synonym Usage
See noble.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of high-minded
First recorded in 1495–1505
Example Sentences
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That dynamic may partly account for why other high-minded millennial businesses haven’t fared well.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Chesterton was raised in a high-minded Unitarianism whose morals he approved but whose understanding of God he found too thin to support the changes that he, as a man of the left, wanted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The opera offers a look at how the Civil War ended with high-minded statesmanship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
I want to be very high-minded about this.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
And the truth is that I am not a particularly high-minded character in my formative years.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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