megalopsychian.
/ˌmɛɡələ(ʊ)ˈsʌɪkɪə/, /ˌmɛɡl̩ə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪkɪə/, U.S. /ˌmɛɡ(ə)loʊˈsaɪkiə/, /ˌmɛɡ(ə)ləˈsaɪkiə/ Magnanimity.
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society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > high-mindedness or magnanimity
high-mindedness1571
handsomeness1577
noble-mindedness1583
generousness1593
ingenuity1598
magnanimity1598
magnanimousness1606
ingenuousness1611
megalopsychy1656
generosity1783
high thinking1807
greatheartedness1813
kalokagathia1921
megalopsychia1962
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Aristotelianism > elements of > elements of Aristotelian ethics
magnificence1340
commutative justice1531
corrective justice1531
distributive justice1531
magnanimity1598
megalopsychia1962
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Megalopsychie (Megalopsychia), magnanimity.]
1962 Shakespeare Q. 13 573 The one characteristic that Shakespeare's heroes have in common is the megalopsychia of the ideal man of the Ethics.
1967 D. M. Jones in Agenda Spring–Summer 43 Yet was she named by the men of the Island Y Forwyn Fawrfrydig [Magnanimous Maiden], because the shining virtue called megalopsychia, the most prized of the virtues, exceeded even her outward splendour of form.
1992 Philos. Q. 42 432 Beyond religion, the Aristotelian megalopsychia or Nietzsche's Superman, both rejecting humility, seem much more attractive ideals.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1962- to speak by the card
- to speak euphues
- to speak evil of
- to speak evil old english be of
- to speak extempore
- to speak fair
- to speak few
- to speak for
- to speak for itself
- to speak forth
- to speak good of
- to speak good to
- to speak holiday
- to speak in a man's cast
- to speak in a person's ear
- to speak in capitals
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- to speak in monosyllables
- to speak in one's nose
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- to speak like a book
- to speak like a mouse in a cheese
- to speak like a print book
- to speak mouth to mouth