The Collaborative International Dictionary
High-mindedness \High"-mind`ed*ness\, n. The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being high-minded.
WordNet
n. elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued [syn: idealism, noble-mindedness]
Usage examples of "high-mindedness".
Perhaps it lacked the religious high-mindedness with which the Spaniards socked Mexico and South America and destroyed the fascinating Inca and Aztec civilizations.
That, he realized, was made possible only by the fine revenue derived from the faking of antiques, but it said much for the good sense and high-mindedness of the Mandarins that they devoted these profits to the welfare of the people instead of piling up further riches for themselves.
Gerson had developed a style, honed in the numerous September 11–related speeches he had drafted for Bush, that fused biblical high-mindedness and the folksy.