high-mindedness

noun

Definition of high-mindednessnext
as in scrupulousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-mindedness
  1. morality
  2. nobility
  3. virtue
  4. fairness
  5. decency
  6. conscientiousness
  7. justice
Noun
  • Protests erupted across Iran in 2022 against the dress code following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of the morality police after being arrested for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • No Country for Old Men (2007) — A tense thriller set in Texas, exploring themes of morality and the impact of violence.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of morality
Noun
  • Inside the castle, wander through rooms filled with original furniture and artwork, offering glimpses into the lives of Danish nobility through the centuries.
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Superhuman divinity as a revelation of Buddhist perfection, dressed in a toga related to Greco-Roman nobility and carved in the realist style of classical sculpture, is brilliantly portrayed by an unidentified artist working in Asia.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
Definition of nobility
Noun
  • As a local and self-described skiing fanatic, O’Neill was familiar with the virtues of the Colorado community.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Eastwood, with more than five decades under his belt directing films dedicated to complex inquiries into virtue, ethics, and fairness, was the first name that popped into his head.
    Tomris Laffly, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of virtue
Noun
  • Organizations should conduct bias detection tests and incorporate fairness metrics into the AI development process to ensure equitable and accurate results.
    Asad Khan, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In a statement, agency head Randy Romanski said the inspections were about fairness.
    Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of fairness
Noun
  • Hanks’s innate decency plays a part in several films, but it’s delivered in a different way in this underrated Cold War drama.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • No understanding of policy, no ability to put together a coherent argument, no honesty, no decency, no morals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of decency
Noun
  • Manage your outsourced relationship actively—it'll take conscientiousness and work!
    Randy Wong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Lead is also associated with higher levels of ADHD, less agreeableness and conscientiousness, and higher levels of neuroticism.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of conscientiousness
Noun
  • Tribes were in even worse shape, and Collier, a social justice advocate, instituted several reforms to federal Indian policy.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • During the 2024 basketball season, the WNBA and its players focused social justice efforts into key two areas: civic engagement and reproductive health advocacy.
    Caroline Fitzgerald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of justice
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