Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - -minded

1. -minded combines with adjectives to form words that describe someone’s character, attitude, opinions, or intelligence. These are evil-minded people... He is famous for his tough-minded professionalism. COMB in ADJ 2. -minded combines with adverbs to form adjectives that indicate that someone is interested in a particular subject or is able to think in a particular way. I am not an academically-minded person... COMB in ADJ 3. -minded combines with nouns to form adjectives that indicate that someone thinks a particular thing is important or cares a lot about it. He is seen as more business-minded than his predecessor... We weren’t career-minded like girls are today. = -oriented COMB in ADJ