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civic-minded en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Concerned about and supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society.
    • Civic-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:
    • [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 2014:
    • "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 Charlatan:

Forms

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most civic-minded Degree=Sup lexicographic
more civic-minded Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

civic-mindedly · civic-mindedness

Relateds

civism

Translations (4)

cmn 有公民意識的 /有公民意识的 (supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society) · ja 市民志向の (supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society) · mn иргэний сэтгэлгээтэй (supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society) · de sozial engagiert (supportive of policies and practices that serve the interests of society)