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
Or a group of high-minded, dutiful, quite-conscientious California voters?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
I want to be very high-minded about this.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, gods and goddesses—theirs, with its focus on everyday individuals and events, can be seen as prosaic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
I wonder if he’d be so high-minded then!
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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