Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disposed to promote the public interest; public-spirited.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Public-spirited.
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Examples
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In those days the UAW was a public-minded union, and its priority was national health insurance.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In those days the UAW was a public-minded union, and its priority was national health insurance.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In those days the UAW was a public-minded union, and its priority was national health insurance.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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In the UNC-Duke rivalry, Blythe explains, “[i] ssues of identity – whether you see yourself as a populist or an elitist, as a local or an outsider, as public-minded or individually striving – get played out.”
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For me, that incident merely brought up the more general problem of what to do about the great public-minded man or woman whose private behavior is dubious.
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Chipperfield likes to compare Germany, the country most congenial to his public-minded seriousness, with Britain.
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I know, I know, that's just life -- and the value of name recognition is so great that it gives an enormous leg up to any public-minded Bush, Gore or Bayh who enters the fray.
On Election Day 2010, the heirs have it Matt Miller 2010
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These public-minded representatives are willing to set aside the party label and do what is best for all those they represent, not just the few who would abolish government if it meant lower taxes.
Maurice Jourdane: The Rogue Five: Courageous Maurice Jourdane 2011
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These three unusually public-minded, clear-headed M.D.s describe, with careful statistical evidence, how an unholy alliance of the medical establishment and the pharmaceutical industry has conspired to redefine millions of healthy people as patients who need to be medicated for life.
Charles Alexander: Feeling Good? Don't Let A Doctor Overdiagnose You! Charles Alexander 2011
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These three unusually public-minded, clear-headed M.D.s describe, with careful statistical evidence, how an unholy alliance of the medical establishment and the pharmaceutical industry has conspired to redefine millions of healthy people as patients who need to be medicated for life.
Charles Alexander: Feeling Good? Don't Let A Doctor Overdiagnose You! Charles Alexander 2011
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