high-minded
Speech parts
1. high-minded - Adjective
2. high-minded - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Proud; arrogant.
Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
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an exalted ideal
argue in terms of high-flown ideals
a noble and lofty concept
a grand purpose
Admissions tests like the SAT began as a high-minded reform.
He openly admits self-interested calculations that other presidents would at the very least shroud behind high-minded, gauzy justifications.