'High-minded' definitions:

Definition of 'high-minded'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high- flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded]

Definition of 'High-minded'

From: GCIDE
  • High-minded \High"-mind"ed\, a.
  • 1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Be not high-minded, but fear. --Rom. xi. 20. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean. [1913 Webster]
  • High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. --A. Norton. [1913 Webster]

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