HIGH-MINDEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high-mindedness mean? 

• HIGH-MINDEDNESS (noun)
  The noun HIGH-MINDEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

  Familiarity information: HIGH-MINDEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH-MINDEDNESS (noun)

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Meaning:

Elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

high-mindedness; idealism; noble-mindedness

Hypernyms ("high-mindedness" is a kind of...):

grandeur; magnanimousness; nobility; nobleness (the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct)

Derivation:

high-minded (of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style)