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I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.
Haile Selassie

Meaning of "high-mindedness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-MINDEDNESS

high-mindedness  [ˌhaɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-MINDEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Mindedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIGH-MINDEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high-mindedness in the English dictionary

The definition of high-mindedness in the dictionary is the condition or quality of being high-minded.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH-MINDEDNESS


backhandedness
ˌbækˈhændɪdnəs
bloody-mindedness
ˌblʌdɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
broad-mindedness
ˌbrɔːdˈmaɪndɪdnəs
fair-mindedness
ˌfɛəˈmaɪndɪdnəs
feeble-mindedness
ˌfiːbəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs
forehandedness
ˌfɔːˈhændɪdnəs
heavy-handedness
ˌhevɪˈhændɪdnəs
high-handedness
ˌhaɪˈhændɪdnəs
left-handedness
ˌlɛftˈhændɪdnəs
like-mindedness
ˌlaɪkˈmaɪndɪdnəs
open-handedness
ˌəʊpənˈhændɪdnəs
right-handedness
ˌraɪtˈhændɪdnəs
roundedness
ˈraʊndɪdnəs
simple-mindedness
ˌsɪmpəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs
splendidness
ˈsplɛndɪdnəs
strandedness
ˈstrændɪdnəs
unboundedness
ʌnˈbaʊndɪdnəs
underhandedness
ˌʌndəˈhændɪdnəs
weak-mindedness
ˌwiːkˈmaɪndɪdnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-MINDEDNESS

high-interest
high-jump
high-key
high-keyed
high-level
high-level language
high-level waste
high-maintenance
high-minded
high-mindedly
high-muck-a-muck
high-necked
high-octane
high-pass filter
high-performance
high-pitched
high-powered
high-pressure
high-priced
high-principled

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-MINDEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of high-mindedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIGH-MINDEDNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «high-mindedness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of high-mindedness

Translation of «high-mindedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-MINDEDNESS

Find out the translation of high-mindedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-mindedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-mindedness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高意识
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

altura de miras
570 millions of speakers

English

high-mindedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च उदारता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ارتفاع الذهني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

надменности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

altivez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ মানসিকতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grandeur d´âme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berfikiran tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hochherzigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高闊達
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 마인드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur pikiran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao cởi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் மனதுடனான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च मनाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek görüşlülüğünden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

high - mentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysoki umysłu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зверхності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de mare orizont
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλοφροσύνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë -gees
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hög anda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hovmod
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-mindedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-MINDEDNESS»

The term «high-mindedness» is normally little used and occupies the 141.126 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-MINDEDNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-mindedness

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QUOTES WITH «HIGH-MINDEDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high-mindedness.
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Haile Selassie
I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-MINDEDNESS»

Discover the use of high-mindedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-mindedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Politics, Values, and National Socialism
It is true that one can hardly imagine it without high-mindedness, but the amount of genuine hi gh-mindedness in haughty conduct can vary greatly, especially on different occasions, and, besides this, not all high-mindedness brings about ...
Aurel Kolnai, Graham McAleer, 2013
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Philosophy and Religion: A Series of Addresses, Essays and ...
A proper high- mindedness is that which sets the human mind above things naturally inferior to it, and which at the same time bids this human mind look upward to a higher mind and strengthen itself by the reception of what is freely offered us ...
Augustus Hopkins Strong, 1888
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Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe
One of the most controversial of the Aristotelian virtues is the virtue of "high- mindedness," or "greatness of soul" (megalopsychia) . According to Aristotle, a high-minded person is one who "thinks he deserves great things and actually deserves ...
Erik J. Wielenberg, 2005
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The Riddle of Amish Culture
High-mindedness is pride. On a cultural ladder, the Amish equate high- mindedness with arrogance and worldliness. Lowliness reflects humility and weakness—the true spirit of Gelassenheit. Consequently, the Amish speak of “ high” ...
Donald B. Kraybill, 2003
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CliffsNotes Aristotle's Ethics
It presupposes possession of all the other virtues, for high-mindedness is the quality of those who think they deserve great things (e. g., honor, public office, respect) and actually do deserve them. High-mindedness, by definition, implies ...
Charles H Patterson, Robert J Milch, 2004
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Aristotle's Theory of Moral Insight
But then we may say, by way of solution to the difficulty I detected in Aristotle's account of high-mindedness, that when the high-minded man claims natural goods, especially honour, for himself, he does so, not because he has any particular ...
Troels Engberg-Pedersen, 1983
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The Homiletic Review
To gain that vision, however, we must add to high-mindedness a homely, practical trait of character — single-mindedness. This is the meaning of Jesus' words: "Ye can not serve God and Mammon." If our day is one in which high- mindedness ...
‎1910
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Homiletic Review: An International Magazine of Religion, ...
To gain that vision, however, we must add to high-mindedness a homely, practical trait of character — single-mindedness. This is the meaning of Jesus' words: "Ye can not serve God and Mammon." If our day is one in which high- mindedness ...
‎1910
9
Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
4J And even when not struggling to save their lives instead of losing them, there were other military inhibitions on the expression of much high- mindedness by the servicemen, notably the constant chickenshit. "There are two wars here," ...
Paul Fussell, 1990
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Aristotle's Biopsychosocial Model of Psychology and ...
Small-mindedness, High-mindedness/Magnanimity, and Vanity According to Martin Oswald's notations in his translation of Nicomachean Ethics, the virtue of high-mindedness was translated from the Greek term megalopsychia which literally ...
Daniel Elliot Lee, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-MINDEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-mindedness is used in the context of the following news items.
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10 Beautiful Lines From Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman
“The hollering and high-mindedness over, all that would be left would be another shabby little affair a la the Birmingham country club set, and a ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
To Kill a Mockingbird's Scout and Atticus 20 years on: Harper Lee's …
The hollering and the high-mindedness over, all that would be left would be another shabby little affair à la the Birmingham country club set, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Greeks just want to keep what they've got
Perhaps we think this is high-minded and perhaps it is, but there are circumstances when high-mindedness in a journalist can be almost ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Heartbreak evoked, rarely felt in 'Music for Wartime'
The self-conscious high-mindedness keeps coming. When the Holocaust is not in sight, there are stories about AIDS and terrorism. There are ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
5
You'll never understand Greece from a God's eye view
Perhaps we think this is high-minded and perhaps it is, but there are circumstances when high-mindedness in a journalist can be almost ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
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High Court shelves case against Madrid councilor over offensive …
... and generous person who has shown greater high-mindedness than others who have wanted to use the pain of victims for political ends.”. «EL PAÍS in English, Jul 15»
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Currency Events
... a rather apt representation of bitcoin itself, with its odd mixture of chaos, community, snake oil, innovation, high-mindedness, and enthusiasm. «strategy+business, Jun 15»
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Rob Neufeld: Morgan pens psalms of clods and the cosmos
In his poem "Aspen Song," Morgan takes a similar poke at high-mindedness: "The breeze plays leaves in sweetest treble/ and never tires of its ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jun 15»
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Review Roundup: Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane are Back in …
Fret not: Such high-mindedness has little diminished MacFarlane's appetite for locker-room humor, gross-out sight gags and bounteous ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
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Film review: Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane return in 'Ted 2'
Fret not: Such high-mindedness has little diminished MacFarlane's appetite for locker-room humor, gross-out sight gags and bounteous ... «Boston Herald, Jun 15»

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