Meanings
comparative more civic-minded · superlative most civic-minded
- Concerned about and supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society.
"You have to teach ‘Blessed are the civic-minded, for they shall profit by their civism.’"
1901, George Gissing, chapter 18, in Our Friend the Charlatan2 more examples
[W]hen the "H.O.V. lane" is activated . . . a lane is reserved for these civic-minded, traffic-reducing car poolers.
1993 September 19, William Safire, “On Language: Linguaclip”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021, retrieved 21 Apr 2014Civic-minded techies are increasingly bringing Web 2.0 to political activism, developing new watchdog tools that open up congressional machinery for ordinary citizens to scrutinize and critique.
2008 June 30, Jeremy Caplan, “The Citizen Watchdogs of Web 2.0”, in TIME, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2016, retrieved 21 Apr 2014
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 有公民意識的 /有公民意识的
- 有公民意識的 /有公民意识的 (yǒu gōngmín yìshì de)supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society
German sozial engagiert
- sozial engagiertsupportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society
Japanese 市民志向の
- 市民志向の (shimin-shikō no)supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society
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civic-minded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civic-minded
“civic-minded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civic-minded. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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