single-minded

[sing-guhl-mahyn-did]

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adjective

having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
dedicated; resolute; steadfast: He was single-minded in his concern for truth.

Origin of single-minded

First recorded in 1570–80

Related formssin·gle-mind·ed·ly, adverbsin·gle-mind·ed·ness, noun

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2. determined, persevering, inflexible, firm.

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Contemporary Examples

Nobody doubts his manipulative skills or his single-minded agenda to advance the interests of the corporation he created.
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Clive Irving
August 25, 2014
Everything about Dr. Mike's bespeaks the single-minded passion of a man who has what he is quite certain is the best job on earth.
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Jane & Michael Stern
July 27, 2014
Nick Gillespie on why their single-minded zealotry has gone too far.
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Nick Gillespie
August 25, 2013
And other masters of literary journalism say they recognize the single-minded pursuit of truth at its core.
Jon Krakauer's Hunt for Truth
Nick Summers
April 22, 2011

Historical Examples

Every man should be true and single-minded, and should not allow himself to be deceived by others.
Laws
Plato
That Alexander may have been single-minded in his purpose has never been supposed.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
Raphael Sabatini
Such men are dangerous in proportion as they are single-minded.
Sir Jasper Carew
Charles James Lever
He and Algernon Sydney are remembered as single-minded and high-souled men.
Holborn and Bloomsbury
Sir Walter Besant
Even the most sincere and single-minded martyr has an eye on that halo.
Phyllis of Philistia
Frank Frankfort Moore

British Dictionary definitions for single-minded

single-minded

adjective

having but one aim or purpose; dedicated

Derived Formssingle-mindedly, adverbsingle-mindedness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for single-minded

adj.

1570s, "sincere, honest" (a sense also in single-hearted); meaning "having a single aim or purpose" is from 1860. See single (adj.) + minded. Related: Single-mindedly; single-mindedness.

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Contemporary Examples

Nobody doubts his manipulative skills or his single-minded agenda to advance the interests of the corporation he created.

Everything about Dr. Mike's bespeaks the single-minded passion of a man who has what he is quite certain is the best job on earth.

Nick Gillespie on why their single-minded zealotry has gone too far.

And other masters of literary journalism say they recognize the single-minded pursuit of truth at its core.

Historical Examples

Every man should be true and single-minded, and should not allow himself to be deceived by others.

That Alexander may have been single-minded in his purpose has never been supposed.

Such men are dangerous in proportion as they are single-minded.

He and Algernon Sydney are remembered as single-minded and high-souled men.

Even the most sincere and single-minded martyr has an eye on that halo.

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Word Origin and History for single-minded

adj.

Origin of single-minded