Tenderminded
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tenderminded is an adjective meaning Nurturing, compassionate, and forgiving.
Meaning
Nurturing, compassionate, and forgiving.
More Meanings
- Idealistic.
Example Sentences
Among ethnologists what is certainly an idiographic approach is often pursued with the most ascetic toughmindedness. Where fact reigns supreme, any attempt at theory may appear tenderminded.
According to this theory, sexual and aggressive impulses are conditioned into tenderminded social attitudes, and the qualities associated both with femininity and with religiosity belong to this domain of tenderminded social attitudes.
Word Forms
- tender-minded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tender-minded, gentle-hearted, tender-handed, gentle, tenderhearted, tender.
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