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单词 liberal-minded
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liberal-mindedadj.n.

Brit. /ˌlɪb(ə)rəlˈmʌɪndᵻd/, /ˌlɪb(ə)rl̩ˈmʌɪndᵻd/, U.S. /ˈlɪb(ə)rəlˌmaɪn(d)ᵻd/
Forms: see liberal adj. and n. and minded adj.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: liberal adj., minded adj.2
Etymology: < liberal adj. + minded adj.2
A. adj.
In early use: having a generous character or disposition. Later: holding liberal opinions; tolerant, broad-minded.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [adjective] > high-minded or magnanimous
athelmodc1275
freec1380
worthya1393
great-heartedc1425
noble1447
magnanimec1475
greata1500
haught1530
magnanimous1547
heartya1555
high-minded1556
noble-natured1576
generous1581
noble-minded1586
liberal-minded1592
ingenious1597
ingenuous1598
large-hearted1607
noble-tempered1654
big-hearted1711
broad-hearted1719
megalopsychic1896
big1910
1592 [see sense B.].
1597 N. Ling Politeuphuia: Wits Common Wealth f. 77v A liberal minded man can neuer be enuious.
1613 A. Whitaker Good Newes from Virginia 21 We haue many reasons to encourage vs to bee Liberall minded and open-handed toward them.
1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. ii. i. 135 We read of them that part with any thing deere to them for Christs sake,..(which I conceive belongs especially to the liberall minded man).
1769 London Chron. 10 Oct. 356/3 The opinion of those whom we think impartial, and liberal minded.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1756 I. 168 The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna Pref. p. x Can he who the day before was a trampled slave, suddenly become liberal-minded?
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam Epil. 205 Thou art..liberal-minded, great, Consistent. View more context for this quotation
1925 M. Beerbohm Observ. 16 Too proud to fight?..or too liberal-minded?—or what?
1961 Bible (New Eng.) Acts xvii. 11 The Jews here were more liberal-minded than those at Thessalonika.
2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Nov. 52/4 The liberal-minded conviviality of the age of Diderot and Mirabeau.
B. n.
With the and plural agreement. Liberal-minded people collectively.
ΚΠ
1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching sig. Cv What extraordinarie deuises are now adayes, to beguile the simple and honest liberall minded.
1769 London Mag. Feb. 78/2 However ready the liberal-minded were at first to listen.
1795 John Bull Starving (new ed.) 10 The liberal minded and the well-born are few.
1826 Lancet 25 Mar. 867/2 The general benefits which the patronage of the liberal-minded has conferred upon mankind.
1862 New Monthly Mag. 124 225 There are certain hypocritical clanish bigots..who merit and receive from the liberal-minded of their own country a more severe and unqualified condemnation than we have..been compelled to pronounce.
1917 World's Work Nov. 51/1 The success of the Revolution was accompanied and helped by the success of the liberal-minded in England.
1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird v. 71 Mini Adult Show for the Liberal Minded.
1995 Traveller Summer 25/3 Wreck Beach has been popular with naturalists (a.k.a. nudists) and the liberal-minded since the 1920's.

Derivatives

ˌliberal-ˈmindedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun]
franchisec1325
liberal-mindedness1625
unbiassednessa1656
unprejudicateness1660
unprejudicedness1664
unprejudice1721
liberality1783
enlargement1806
imprejudice1806
unpossessednessc1819
liberalism1820
open-mindedness1832
liberalness1861
1625 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God 288 Some boysterous flourishes of liberal-mindednesse.
1783 Gentleman's Mag. 53 ii. 938 What the liberal-mindedness of the present age amounts to [etc.].
1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxix. 43 Indifference to all truth, under the name of liberal-mindedness, is the crowning virtue of the age.
1944 J. Morris Traveler from Tokyo i. x. 73 It has, moreover, kept up its tradition for liberal-mindedness.
2007 C. Cronin tr. U. Beck & E. Grande Cosmopolitan Europe iv. 105 This liberal-mindedness and openness concerning values should not be confused with postmodern arbitrariness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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