hearts and minds
Definition of hearts and minds
: people's emotions and reasoning We must appeal to and win (over) the hearts and minds of the people.
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: a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood
: a structure in an invertebrate animal functionally analogous to the vertebrate heart
: breast, bosom
: love
: hearten
: to fix in the heart
: recollection, memory
: the element or complex (see 1complex 1) of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons
: the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism
: remind
: remember
: to attend to closely
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