longminded

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longminded

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From long + minded. Compare Old English langmōd (“patient, long-suffering”, literally “long-mood”).

adjective more longminded · most longminded · long-minded

nonstandard, rare Patient; 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.

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@misc{longminded_2026,
  title = {longminded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/longminded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}