large-minded

adjective

Definition of large-mindednext
as in modern

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for large-minded
  1. modern
  2. permissive
  3. lenient
  4. tolerant
  5. contemporary
  6. advanced
Adjective
  • The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Second, the refusal to see how profoundly distasteful so much of modern liberalism has become to so much of America.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of modern
Adjective
  • Until at least about the mid-1940s, this more permissive culture created a more tolerant climate, at least seasonally, for LGBTQ people, especially those who were white.
    Julio Capó Jr. / Made by History, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Small celebrity minority stake sales are more common in other leagues, like MLS and NWSL, where ownership rules are often more permissive and minority stakes cost significantly less.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of permissive
Adjective
  • Californians have pushed back on the rise in crime, most notably by recalling, in 2022, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a left-wing prosecutor who favored a lenient approach to criem.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In his four years as the district attorney in the nation’s second-largest city, progressive Gascón sought solutions for America’s mass incarceration dilemma that many deemed too lenient and said fueled lawlessness and led to crimes committed with impunity.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of lenient
Adjective
  • My husband — a brooding New Yorker, polite and tolerant of much — broke on the seventh day of our family vacation.
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The poet should be tolerant, disinterested, clear-eyed about long-standing animosities but not constrained by them.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Definition of tolerant
Adjective
  • The film tells the story of Manish Chauhan, who was tutored by an Israeli dance instructor and went on to perform with a contemporary company in New York.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • To prevent future crises, world leaders are trying to even out the balance sheet… Integrating the Americas: FTAA and Beyond; Free Trade and the Environment: Mexico, NAFTA, and Beyond Free trade agreements are the contemporary equivalent of security alliances.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • Murdoch noted that Tubi’s appeal for advertisers lies not just in its advanced targeting capabilities – compared to traditional TV — but also in its reach to hard-to-access audiences.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Pramanik is also the Chief Investigator on a project developing an advanced grease interceptor that restaurants can use to remove small FOG particles more effectively.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of advanced
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largely

large-minded

largeness

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