Directed and Minded

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Directed adjective - (often used in combination) having a specified direction.

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Minded and directed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Minded" instead the word "Directed" as a verb or an adjective.

Minded adjective - Having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action).

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Directed and minded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directed" instead the word "Minded" as a verb or an adjective.

Nearby Words: mind, mindful, minding

It is derived from a Hungarian word meaning (among other things) "simple minded" and "loser." Mostly directed at Central-Eastern Europeans.

Source: Theatre / Chicago
Swedish actor/director Hasse Alfredson, mostly known as a comedian with improvised monologues as his forte, played viciously against type in The Simple-Minded Murderer (which he also directed), where he's a cruel sociopathic Nazi sympathizer.

Source: Playing Against Type / Film Acting

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