单词 | like-minded |
释义 | like-mindedadj. Having the same attitudes or outlook; having similar tastes or opinions. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > of similar opinions like-minded1526 alike-minded1581 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xv. 5 That ye be lyke mynded [Gk. τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν] won towardes another. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Albanacte f. 8 Not far from shore, like minded mates they finde, Foure banishte races of the Troian kinde. 1653 tr. L. van Aitzema Notable Revol. Netherlands 179 They boast of many thousands like-minded with them both in Cities and Countries throughout all the Land. 1740 G. Jones Welsh Piety iii. 58 Such of us as are not like-minded through the Influence of the same good Spirit, have we not Need to consider what Spirit we are of? 1780 F. Blackburne Remarks Johnson's Life of Milton 129 Might not a like-minded critic or caviller carp at some of Shakespeare's performances of this class with equal justice and equal malignity? 1841 E. Miall in Nonconf. 1 248 Sir Robert Peel will find thousands likeminded with us. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iv. 381 They were devoted to one another, inseparable, and entirely like-minded. 1919 A. J. Todd Sci. Spirit & Social Work ii. 27 A society, to use the popular term, is merely a group of persons who are like-minded. This does not mean that they are like-minded in every respect. 1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. xiii. 406 He and a number of other like-minded senators would oppose such a treaty. 2010 N.Y. Mag. 2 Aug. 11/2 If there is one thing the Internet is good for, it's bringing together like-minded people, then convincing them that their opinion is the only valid one in existence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1526 |
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