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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style;
- Example: "an exalted ideal"
- Example: "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
- Example: "a noble and lofty concept"
- Example: "a grand purpose"
[syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

High-minded \High"-mind"ed\, a.
   1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.]
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            Be not high-minded, but fear.         --Rom. xi. 20.
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   2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or
      pertaining to elevated principles and feelings;
      magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
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            High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. --A.
                                                  Norton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

high-minded
    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]