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adjective
Date: circa 1586
having a right or honest mind <a right-minded citizen> • right-mindedness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
right-minded
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right-minded — adj a right minded person has opinions, principles, or standards of behaviour that you approve of = ↑right thinking ▪ All right minded people will support us … Dictionary of contemporary English
right-minded — right ,minded adjective usually before noun a right minded person has opinions and principles that you think are sensible and morally correct … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Right-minded — Right mind ed, a. Having a right or honest mind. {Right mind ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
right-minded — [rīt′mīn′did] adj. thinking or believing what is right; having correct views or sound principles right mindedly adv. right mindedness n … English World dictionary
right-minded — right mindedly, adv. right mindedness, n. /ruyt muyn did/, adj. having correct, honest, or good opinions or principles. [1575 85; RIGHT + MINDED] * * * … Universalium
right-minded — index clean, high minded, law abiding, meritorious, moral Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
right-minded — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having sound views and principles … English terms dictionary
right-minded — /ˈraɪt maɪndəd/ (say ruyt muynduhd) adjective holding opinions or principles which are generally held to be correct in the community at large or in a defined section of it: he was a right minded young man; no right minded communist would agree.… …
right-minded — ADJ: usu ADJ n (approval) If you think that someone s opinions or beliefs are sensible and you agree with them, you can describe them as a right minded person. He is an able, right minded, and religious man. Syn: right thinking … English dictionary
right-minded — adjective a right minded person has opinions, principles, or standards of behaviour that you approve of: All right minded people will support us. right mindedness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
right-minded — adjective a) Sane, clear thinking. Right minded people do not throw away their lives because trivial insults occur. b) In moral agreement with a position. Surely all right minded people agree that bigamy is wrong … Wiktionary
