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Definition of High-minded

1. Adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. "A grand purpose"

Definition of High-minded

1. Adjective. Given to idealism. ¹

2. Adjective. Refined, cultured, particularly civilized. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of High-minded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"But the high-minded man, as he deserves the u greatest things, ... The really high-minded man, therefore, must be a good or excellent man. ..."

2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"minded man; whereas the conceited man has an estimate of himself which exceeds his own merits, although it does not exceed those of the high-minded man. ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... and high-minded' (Diary, 1892, iii. 127) ; while Hannah More calls him ' the very image of simplicity, quite a good, plain, old-fashioned country parson ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The merits, then, of the high-minded man are extreme, but in his conduct he observes the ... But the high-minded man, since his deserts are the highest ..."

5. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"A high-minded rebuke. THE works which Goldsmith had still in hand being already paid for, and the money gone, some new scheme must be devised to provide for ..."

6. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"He was one of the simplest, most modest, unpretending, honourable, high-minded, warm-hearted human beings I have ever known. Goodness appeared easy to him— ..."

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