right-mindedadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌrʌɪtˈmʌɪndᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌraɪtˈmaɪndᵻd/

Forms: see right adj. and int. and mind n.¹ and -ed suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adj., minded adj.²

Etymology: < right adj. + minded adj.²

A. adj.

1. Holding views or principles regarded as sound or good; naturally inclined to take the right view or approach. Cf. right-thinking adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective]

righteOE

righteouseOE

right-doingOE

rightfullOE

justc1384

rekenc1400

justfulc1425

upright1530

right-up1539

right-minded1574

principled1697

well-minded1824

unwrongful1876

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job xcvii. 456/2 For to our seeming God ought at the first dash to maynteyne the cace of suche a one as is rightmynded before him.

a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 7 There is no incongruitie in tearming them right minded men.

1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers vi. 108 An unsound and dangerous Mixture..will hardly beget a right minded living People to God.

1710 J. Dunton Double Hell in Athenianism I. ii. iii. 68 This is a Truth to be justified by the Testimonies of all right minded Christians.

1791 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1861) II. 396 The public prosperity is great, and the nation is right-minded.

1833 Tracts for Times No. 10. 3 All well-disposed, right-minded people.

1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. v. 147 As all right-minded apprentices and good shopmen do.

1933 Granta 19 Apr. 358/1 These appointments have been virtually closed to Jews, Socialists, and indeed any but right-minded nationalists for many years.

1994 J. F. Garner Politically Correct Bedtime Stories 7 Everyone was determined to be more right-minded than his or her neighbor.

†2. Of sound mind, sane. Cf. to be in one's right mind at right adj. 8a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective]

in (one's right) witc1000

wittyc1000

wisec1290

well-tempered1340

reasonablec1400

safe1402

perfectc1440

well in (also of) one's witsa1450

right in one's geara1500

well-advised1532

sensed1549

unmad1570

well-advised1585

rational1598

solid1606

in one's (right) senses1613

formala1616

of (in) disposing mind or memory1628

compos mentis1631

righta1638

well-hinged1649

well-balanced1652

spacked1673

clear-headed1709

sane1721

unfantastic1794

unmaddened1797

pas si bête1840

lucid1843

unfantastical1862

clothed and in one's right mind1873

right-minded1876

ungiddy1904

clear1950

1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps I. vi. 61 He had taken it into his head..that his sister was not ‘right-minded’—that she dreamed things, and imagined things.

B. n.

With plural agreement. With the. Right-minded people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > righteous person > collectively

well-willingeOE

righteousOE

perfecta1500

right-minded1820

1820 ‘T. Touchstone’ Let. to Author Waverley 25 The right-minded are disgusted with jests on a subject which concerns the interests of immortality.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 488 The good and right-minded have power to fulfil what is to the glory of God.

1944 E. E. Stoll From Shakespeare to Joyce xviii. 360 By 2039, I learn, it is expected that, at the present rate in the population as a whole, the right-minded are to be outnumbered.

2006 R. K. Fenn Dreams of Glory v. 88 In both exorcisms and in the apocalyptic imagination, only the true believers, the orthodox and right-minded, are to be left standing.

Derivatives

right-ˈmindedness n. the quality or condition of being right-minded, or an instance of this; rightness of thought or inclination.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun]

righteousnesseOE

rightnessOE

justice1340

rightfulnessa1350

right wiseness1447

justnessc1450

droiture1483

rectitude1509

uprightness1541

erectness1646

principle1653

right-mindedness1767

perpendicular1823

1767 T. Hollis Let. 6 Feb. in F. Blackburne Mem. Thomas Hollis (1780) I. 355 The..right mindedness of the man.

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. i. 17 With her had died all such right-mindedness .

1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 153 She possessed a right-mindedness towards the really beautiful, which was then..rare in France.

1954 Times 15 Nov. 4/6 Another attempt to convince the electors of West Derby of the right-mindedness of Conservative thinking.

2005 M. Maddox God under Howard vii. 192 Religious values, even if we don't ourselves share them, promise sincerity, right-mindedness and safety in an uncertain world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	right-minded
释义	right-mindedadj.n. Brit. /ˌrʌɪtˈmʌɪndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌraɪtˈmaɪndᵻd/ Forms: see right adj. and int. and mind n.¹ and -ed suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adj., minded adj.² Etymology: < right adj. + minded adj.² A. adj. 1. Holding views or principles regarded as sound or good; naturally inclined to take the right view or approach. Cf. right-thinking adj. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] righteOE righteouseOE right-doingOE rightfullOE justc1384 rekenc1400 justfulc1425 upright1530 right-up1539 right-minded1574 principled1697 well-minded1824 unwrongful1876 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job xcvii. 456/2 For to our seeming God ought at the first dash to maynteyne the cace of suche a one as is rightmynded before him. a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 7 There is no incongruitie in tearming them right minded men. 1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers vi. 108 An unsound and dangerous Mixture..will hardly beget a right minded living People to God. 1710 J. Dunton Double Hell in Athenianism I. ii. iii. 68 This is a Truth to be justified by the Testimonies of all right minded Christians. 1791 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1861) II. 396 The public prosperity is great, and the nation is right-minded. 1833 Tracts for Times No. 10. 3 All well-disposed, right-minded people. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. v. 147 As all right-minded apprentices and good shopmen do. 1933 Granta 19 Apr. 358/1 These appointments have been virtually closed to Jews, Socialists, and indeed any but right-minded nationalists for many years. 1994 J. F. Garner Politically Correct Bedtime Stories 7 Everyone was determined to be more right-minded than his or her neighbor. †2. Of sound mind, sane. Cf. to be in one's right mind at right adj. 8a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] in (one's right) witc1000 wittyc1000 wisec1290 well-tempered1340 reasonablec1400 safe1402 perfectc1440 well in (also of) one's witsa1450 right in one's geara1500 well-advised1532 sensed1549 unmad1570 well-advised1585 rational1598 solid1606 in one's (right) senses1613 formala1616 of (in) disposing mind or memory1628 compos mentis1631 righta1638 well-hinged1649 well-balanced1652 spacked1673 clear-headed1709 sane1721 unfantastic1794 unmaddened1797 pas si bête1840 lucid1843 unfantastical1862 clothed and in one's right mind1873 right-minded1876 ungiddy1904 clear1950 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps I. vi. 61 He had taken it into his head..that his sister was not ‘right-minded’—that she dreamed things, and imagined things. B. n. With plural agreement. With the. Right-minded people as a class. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > righteous person > collectively well-willingeOE righteousOE perfecta1500 right-minded1820 1820 ‘T. Touchstone’ Let. to Author Waverley 25 The right-minded are disgusted with jests on a subject which concerns the interests of immortality. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 488 The good and right-minded have power to fulfil what is to the glory of God. 1944 E. E. Stoll From Shakespeare to Joyce xviii. 360 By 2039, I learn, it is expected that, at the present rate in the population as a whole, the right-minded are to be outnumbered. 2006 R. K. Fenn Dreams of Glory v. 88 In both exorcisms and in the apocalyptic imagination, only the true believers, the orthodox and right-minded, are to be left standing. Derivatives right-ˈmindedness n. the quality or condition of being right-minded, or an instance of this; rightness of thought or inclination. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] righteousnesseOE rightnessOE justice1340 rightfulnessa1350 right wiseness1447 justnessc1450 droiture1483 rectitude1509 uprightness1541 erectness1646 principle1653 right-mindedness1767 perpendicular1823 1767 T. Hollis Let. 6 Feb. in F. Blackburne Mem. Thomas Hollis (1780) I. 355 The..right mindedness of the man. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. i. 17 With her had died all such right-mindedness . View more context for this quotation 1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 153 She possessed a right-mindedness towards the really beautiful, which was then..rare in France. 1954 Times 15 Nov. 4/6 Another attempt to convince the electors of West Derby of the right-mindedness of Conservative thinking. 2005 M. Maddox God under Howard vii. 192 Religious values, even if we don't ourselves share them, promise sincerity, right-mindedness and safety in an uncertain world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1574
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