Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenderminded

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ten-der-mind-ed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Nurturing, compassionate, and forgiving.

adj

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From tender + minded.

Inflected Forms

more tenderminded (comparative) most tenderminded (superlative) tender-minded (alternative)

Derived Forms

tendermindedly tendermindedness

Questions

What does tenderminded mean?: Nurturing, compassionate, and forgiving.
Where does tenderminded come from?: From tender + minded.

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