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.