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high-principled

Meaning of "high-principled" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-PRINCIPLED

ˌhaɪˈprɪnsɪpəld


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-PRINCIPLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Principled is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-PRINCIPLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high-principled in the English dictionary

The definition of high-principled in the dictionary is possessing or displaying very high moral or ethical principles.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH-PRINCIPLED

coupled · crippled · crumpled · cupelled · opaled · pimpled · principled · rumpled · steepled · uncrippled · underpeopled · unexampled · unprincipled · unrumpled · unsampled · unscrupled · untrampled

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-PRINCIPLED

high-mindedness · high-muck-a-muck · high-necked · high-octane · high-pass filter · high-performance · high-pitched · high-powered · high-pressure · high-priced · high-profile · high-protein · high-ranking · high-resolution · high-rise · high-risk · high-rolling · high-scoring · high-sided vehicle · high-sounding

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-PRINCIPLED

air-cooled · called · controlled · dappled · detailed · dimpled · direct coupled · entitled · failed · filled · handled · installed · interpled · led · pled · scheduled · sealed · skilled · templed · untitled

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-principled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-PRINCIPLED

Find out the translation of high-principled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of high-principled 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-principled» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

高原则
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

- alta de principios
570 millions of speakers
en

English

high-principled
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च सैद्धांतिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عالية المبدئي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

принципиален
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

alta de princípios
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সম্মানাই
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

haut de principe
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berprinsip tinggi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hochprinzipien
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

高原則
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

높은 원칙
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur-prinsip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao nguyên tắc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் கொள்கைரீதியான
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च तत्त्वनिष्ठ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek ilkeli
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

alta di principio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wysokiej zasadniczy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

принциповий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

de mare principial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλής αρχών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë beginselvaste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hög principiell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høy prinsipiell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-principled

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-PRINCIPLED»

Discover the use of high-principled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-principled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Heritage of Eve
And, then, being high-principled gives little more hold on the sympathies. High- principled people may be popular, but it is in no case because they are high- principled. Besides the revolt which takes place in the feelings with hearing Aristides ...
H. H. Spettigue, 1898
2
London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
betrayers of their brethren, while their opponents were to be lauded to the skies as the "virtuous and high-principled" Fellows of the Corporation. Those among the Licentiates to whom the career of the Lancet is as well known as it is to us, will ...
‎1841
3
A Very Principled Boy: The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and ...
He was a Rhodes scholar and a very high-principled boy. I believe he would be very loyal and would not disclose any classified material.”71 Donovan's true beliefs about Duncan's guilt or innocence remain a mystery. Richard Dunlop, a ...
Mark A. Bradley, 2014
4
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
this a kind, generous, high-principled gentleman ? — rather, as Adam calls him, " a selfish, light-minded scoundrel." Our author moralizes on the woful deterioration of two months, and on the slavery exercised over us by our own deeds ; but a ...
‎1861
5
The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature
this a kind, generous, high-principled gentleman ? — rather, as Adam calls him, " a selfish, light-minded scoundrel." Our author moralizes on the woful deterioration of two months, and on the slavery exercised over us by our own deeds ; but a ...
‎1861
6
Oregon Voter: Magazine of Citizenship--for Busy Men and Women
H. H. Haynes, the well-known baker, is a man of fin* intelligence, great energy and strong initiative; affable and easy to work with, but high-principled and uncompromising on principle; sound in fundamentals but an independent thinker of ...
‎1922
7
The London Quarterly and Holborn Review
... Mr. Tyerman goes on to say that " Wesley was far too noble and too high- principled to seek admission into the Christian ministry " merely as a livelihood. Surely, if he were improvident, extravagant, inconsiderate of his father's circumstances, ...
‎1872
8
The Calcutta Review
We only say, that a high-principled London journal has brought this charge against its cotcmporaries. We add to this, that another high-principled London journal (perhaps, all things considered, the most respectable journal in England)  ...
‎1846
9
The London Review
Is this a kind, generous, high-principled gentleman? — rather, as Adam calls him, ' a selfish, light-minded scoundrel.' Our author moralizes on the woful deterioration of two months, and on the slavery exercised over us by our own deeds ; but a ...
William Lonsdale Watkinson, John Telford, William Theophilus Davison, 1861
10
Calcutta Review
We only say, that a high-principled London journal has brought this charge against its cotemporaries. We add to this, that another high-principled London journal (perhaps, all things considered, the most respectable journal in England)  ...
‎1846

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

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Nellie McClung: Women aren't what they used to be, and never …
... of master to a number of assistants during the hours of business to unbend before them at his own fireside, but a high-principled woman may, ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
2
Lokayukta Could Have Maintained Dignity
This ruling by the Karnataka High Court is welcome as the charges and a less than high-principled response from Justice Bhaskar Rao were ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Governing accountability
This is ensured by taking high-principled business decisions, handling business that has a firm engagement with codes and conducts, while ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
4
Roadway to a better world
It's a tool available to the leadership of all countries, a means of exerting leverage to further high-principled goals, a means of setting the tone of ... «Royal Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Maya Plisetskaya: Ballerina whose charisma and talent helped her …
Her mother Rakhil was a film actress (as Ra Messerer) before marrying her father, ME Plisetsky, an engineer and high-principled Communist ... «The Independent, May 15»
6
New book looks at the remarkable career of Harold Stassen
He was that rare combination of high-principled idealist and feet-on-the-ground pragmatist. MP: What kind of man was he like, outside of ... «MinnPost, Apr 15»
7
London winces at the vengeful mansion tax; outside they smirk
... Lane, Finchley — a small, votive shrine to the sainted Maggie's particular brand of small-minded, high-principled, rigorous pinny pragmatism. «The Sunday Times, Apr 15»
8
Daredevil episodes 1-6 review: Mature, no-frills vigilante thriller
... while Vondie Curtis Hall is excellent as downtrodden but high-principled journalist Ben Urich and Rosario Dawson no less impressive as ... «Digital Spy UK, Apr 15»
9
West Edge Opera's Concert Version of Donizetti's POLIUTO
Likewise, whereas Corneille's play was a high-principled tragedy written in the neo-classical style of the age of Louis XIV, Donizetti's opera was ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Apr 15»
10
Review: See How Small by Scott Blackwood portrays America in the …
In this, perhaps, she seeks a kind of redemption from the example of her father, who is "high-principled but cruel. A gifted journalist who abused ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
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