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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HIGH-MINDED, a. Proud; arrogant.
Be not high-minded, but fear. Romans 11.
1. Having honorable pride; magnanimous; opposed to mean.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1556 marked by elevated principles and feelings; also pretentious <too high-minded to read any fiction — Alfred Kazin> • high-mindedly adverb • high-mindedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 having high moral principles. 2 archaic proud. Derivatives: high-mindedly adv. high-mindedness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone is high-minded, you think they have strong moral principles. The President's hopes for the country were high-minded, but too vague... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Proud, arrogant, haughty, lofty. 2. Noble, honorable, elevated, lofty, great-minded, magnanimous, high-toned, firm in principle.

Moby Thesaurus

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