up-minded

English

Alternative forms
  • upminded

Etymology

From up- +‎ minded.

Adjective

up-minded (comparative more up-minded, superlative most up-minded)

  1. Up-beat; positive; progressive.
    • 1975, Playgirl:
      If people are upminded about future possibilities, present tragedies diminish in psychological consequence.
    • 1997, British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service, British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service, Summary of world broadcasts:
      They are representative reform and opening up-minded officials in North Korea.
    • 2001, Cecelia Holland, An Ordinary Woman: A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey:
      The master of New Helvetia himself was hearty and up-minded as ever.
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