tender-minded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tender-minded
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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All this may seem elementary, but when Hooton steps over the threshold to humanity he finds that tender-minded idealists suddenly throw the biological basis of behavior right out the window.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clearly it is not a faith for the tender-minded.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is what the men of principles, and in general all the men whom I called tender-minded in my first lecture, think themselves obliged to postulate.
From Pragmatism by James, William
If now, on the other hand, you turn to the religious quarter for consolation, and take counsel of the tender-minded philosophies, what do you find?
From Pragmatism by James, William
These two systems are what you have to choose between if you turn to the tender-minded school.
From Pragmatism by James, William
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