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large-minded

American  
[lahrj-mahyn-did] / ˈlɑrdʒˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

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


large-minded British  

adjective

  1. generous or liberal in attitudes

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Other Word Forms

  • large-mindedly adverb
  • large-mindedness noun

Etymology

Origin of large-minded

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian

A Miss Salter, whose parents proved large-minded enough to overlook the glaring fact of the shop, was a fairly frequent visitor.

From Project Gutenberg

The large-minded statesmanship with which Burke discusses conciliation with the colonies is of like quality with this magnanimous spirit of Alexander.

From Project Gutenberg

She said, with such a charming smile, "Oh, I can't think M. Waddington was ever narrow about anything, I always thought him one of the most large-minded, just men I ever knew."

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It was not that I did not every way like and was interested in the friends he introduced to me, outdoor men most of them, and their large-minded, capable wives.

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