large-minded

American  

[lahrj-mahyn-did] / ˈlɑrdʒˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

1. having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.

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large-minded British  

adjective

1. generous or liberal in attitudes

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Other Word Forms

• large-mindedness
  noun
• large-mindedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of large-minded

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

Shakespeare is thus both nativist and international, chauvinistic and large-minded, malleable to incompatible causes and ideologies.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2019

The story begins in the 1940s at a political dinner given in honor of Judge Simon Mannix, a shrewd, large-minded man who has been "mentioned" for the Supreme Court.

From Time Magazine Archive

More cautious historians�the economic-theory men, the specialists in constitutional law, the nationalists�will cavil at Churchill's large-minded judgments.

From Time Magazine Archive

These memoirs should provide a freshening reminder that he was a gentle, reticent, large-minded man.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was large-minded; 'a full man,' if there was one; but the very name of my enterprise would suggest to him only capitulations of sincerity and solecisms of style.

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