Meanings
comparative more longminded · superlative most longminded · alternative long-minded
- nonstandardrarePatient; longanimous.
They are no more longminded than white people. They know there's not going to be a Negro sheriff. And therefore when they vote, they're going to vote for the less dangerous sheriff, who has to be a Democrat.
1966, Staughton Lynd, Nonviolence in America
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From long + minded. Compare Old English langmōd (“patient, long-suffering”, literally “long-mood”).
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