Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Marked by breadth or tolerance of views; broad-minded.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Liberal; not narrow in ideas; characterized by breadth of view.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

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Examples

  • His educational beliefs were informed less by theory than by a large-minded humanism.

    My hero: Janusz Korczak by Eva Hoffman 2011

  • So you've got to -- you have to find ways to argue that in the end, being philanthropic, being large-minded, being compassionate is also, in an interdependent world, good economics.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads 2010

  • The 1968 allusion is not superficial: the images these girls are summoning, just as much as the van-smashers did, are pictures of revolution ? the real thing, in its romantic and large-minded soixante-huitard form.

    Student protests: the riot girls Jonathan Jones 2010

  • So you've got to -- you have to find ways to argue that in the end, being philanthropic, being large-minded, being compassionate is also, in an interdependent world, good economics.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads 2010

  • In this way, religious believers who are accused of being closed-minded and small-minded, if not misguided souls, are actually more open-minded and large-minded because they are willing to admit, as Hamlet put it to Horatio, that "there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

    TEXAS FAITH: Misunderstanding (my) religion | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • It is almost as large-minded and various as its outrageous creator, but will continue to be overshadowed by his legend.

    Pilgrim to Eros Bloom, Harold 2009

  • Surely the most important thing for Catholic bloggers is to emphasise things that are true and large-minded and wise and cheering and beautiful.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Joanna Bogle 2008

  • But it is far outnumbered by very moving, thoughtful, large-minded commentary by Americans who understand our history and value our future.

    Hey, Democrats: Thank the Women - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • We know that madame is too generous and too large-minded to be willing to be a burden on her children.

    A Marriage Contract 2007

  • If all those correspondents who disagree with me are as large-minded and tolerant as they claim to be, they'll obtain and read my books just to find out what message I communicate there.

    auntie joanna writes Joanna Bogle 2007

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