right-minded

American  

[rahyt-mahyn-did] / ˈraɪtˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

1. having correct, honest, or good opinions or principles.

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right-minded British  

adjective

1. holding opinions or principles that accord with what is right or with the opinions of the speaker

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Other Word Forms

• right-mindedly adverb
• right-mindedness noun

Etymology

Origin of right-minded

First recorded in 1575–85; right + minded

Example Sentences

Mao after 1949 has been thoroughly reassessed by historians and is now regarded as a monster by most right-minded people; but views of early Mao—from 1921 until 1949—remain stubbornly rose-tinted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Added another, “The world of right-minded musicians is depending on you. No pressure.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2020

On some level, many of us have come to tacitly believe that when right-minded people start buying the right things we can make the world a better place.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 1, 2017

His travels take him to world-famous sites such as Stonehenge but also to places no right-minded tourists would visit — especially if they’ve read this book.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2016

He was no fool and it was, he could not help feeling, extremely odd that any right-minded rabbit should choose to walk into Efrafa of his own accord.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams