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high-minded

[hahy-mahyn-did] / ˈhaɪˈmaɪn dɪd /
ADJECTIVE
principled
Synonyms
STRONGEST
honest noble virtuous
WEAK
chivalrous conscientious ethical moral righteous upright

Example Sentences

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Chesterton was raised in a high-minded Unitarianism whose morals he approved but whose understanding of God he found too thin to support the changes that he, as a man of the left, wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I want to be very high-minded about this.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

It threatens to drown out their own more high-minded projects.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Before his apparent demise, David and Juno had been heading down separate paths regarding their company — he more high-minded, she more mercenary.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

I knew the relaxed patois of the South Side and the high-minded diction of the Ivy League, and now on top of that I spoke Lawyer, too.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama