high-minded
adjective
high-mind·ed
ˈhī-ˈmīn-dəd 
: marked by elevated principles and feelings
high-mindedly
adverb
high-mindedness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of high-minded in a Sentence
high-minded efforts to improve the lives of people who are less fortunate
she was too high-minded to admit publicly to watching trashy movies, but privately she loved them
Recent Examples on the Web
In bullet points and numbered sections, the report championed high-minded ideas like accountability and humility.
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Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Your urge to acquire knowledge is growing as the Moon alights in your high-minded 9th house, giving you a thirst for something new and exotic.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
Everything the archivists do is high-minded and thoughtful; even their desks, the main feature of Derek McLane’s set, glow with intent under David Lander’s warm lighting.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Yet even the most high-minded forms still include a surprising amount of straw-manning and motivated reasoning.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
And if you’re headed somewhere fancy, slip-on Vans can add a streetwise edge to romantic wedding guest dresses and oversized suiting alike; keep your makeup and accessories high-minded to sell the contrast even better.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2024
The high-minded anti-FAB posturing was disagreeable not only to active stakeholders, but to older natives as well.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Especially a talented and sporadically high-minded one, such as Truman Capote, who saw no particular contradiction between greatness and frivolity and who moved with bewildering ease between registers (and ethical codes) that others might struggle to reconcile.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
The fact that Trump’s motives may be political rather than high-minded does not change the basic fact that the Senate deal would be a disaster that camouflages Biden’s dereliction of duty.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Your urge to acquire knowledge is growing as the Moon alights in your high-minded 9th house, giving you a thirst for something new and exotic.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
Everything the archivists do is high-minded and thoughtful; even their desks, the main feature of Derek McLane’s set, glow with intent under David Lander’s warm lighting.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Yet even the most high-minded forms still include a surprising amount of straw-manning and motivated reasoning.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
And if you’re headed somewhere fancy, slip-on Vans can add a streetwise edge to romantic wedding guest dresses and oversized suiting alike; keep your makeup and accessories high-minded to sell the contrast even better.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2024
The high-minded anti-FAB posturing was disagreeable not only to active stakeholders, but to older natives as well.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Especially a talented and sporadically high-minded one, such as Truman Capote, who saw no particular contradiction between greatness and frivolity and who moved with bewildering ease between registers (and ethical codes) that others might struggle to reconcile.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
The fact that Trump’s motives may be political rather than high-minded does not change the basic fact that the Senate deal would be a disaster that camouflages Biden’s dereliction of duty.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
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“High-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-minded. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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