high-mindedness

noun

Definition of high-mindednessnext
as in scrupulousness

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  1. morality
  2. nobility
  3. virtue
  4. fairness
  5. decency
  6. conscientiousness
  7. justice
Noun
  • The rest of Damian McCarthy’s folky horror film is a Tales From the Crypt–style morality tale as Dani’s psychic twin sister (also Bracken, natch) tries to find justice with help from the aforementioned life-size doll.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • After the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman arrested by Iran's morality police for violating hijab rules in 2022, nationwide and global protests ensued, unsuccessfully pushing the government to make changes regarding women's rights in Iran.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of morality
Noun
  • There were seven Crusades, which cut down the flower of Europe’s nobility and annihilated innumerable poor serfs for a period of more than 150 years until 1270.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Collection There’s a nobility that usually comes with characters who overcome disabilities, to say nothing of the actors who play them, but one of the dark pleasures of Matchstick Men is that triumph over adversity means being the most effective criminal possible.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of nobility
Noun
  • Additionally, employees aged 60 to 63 are entitled to a higher catch-up contribution of up to $11,250 by virtue of the SECURE 2.0 Act.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • While California class ships are fairly out of date by Starfleet standards, Rutherford realizes their versatile functionality is a virtue, and — after ditching his implant to unleash some super-fast engineering — diverts the rift's energy into the Cerritos's dilithium chamber.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of virtue
Noun
  • Bias and fairness testing, along with sensitivity and appropriateness testing, aims to ensure that prompts do not yield biased or insensitive results.
    Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Truth and fairness get twisted when law enforcement has its own set of aims.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of fairness
Noun
  • Democracy, decency, truth, and the environment have taken a hit.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2024
  • But Biden's basic human decency was another thing that will be much more widely appreciated as the 47th president brings his relentless circus of daily outrages, provocations and schoolyard taunts back into our lives.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of decency
Noun
  • Just as the Big Five Personality Traits model helps identify key dimensions of personality—like openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness—successful leadership today requires understanding and adapting management styles to the unique attributes of each individual.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But praise is not the absence of conscientiousness, which Berger excelled in.
    Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of conscientiousness
Noun
  • Writing about life in Pottstown, PA, in the early part of the 20th century, McBride centers his book on Chona, an empathetic Jewish woman whose fierce sense of fairness and justice knits together the town’s Black, Jewish and immigrant residents.
    Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • On Friday, the justices agreed to reconsider that ruling early next year.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of justice
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