Yes, it has to have a hyphen. 'Like' is an adverb modifying the adjective 'minded'. The two words together make a compound adjective which means 'of the same mind'.
'My brother thought that our mother needed a holiday, and I was of the same mind.'
'On the question of our mother's health, my brother and I were like-minded.'
If you omit the hyphen, you are left with something meaningless:
'On the question of our mother's health, my brother and I were like minded.'
what does a hyphen look like
It is used as a single word. Compound adjectives with the -ed form are always hyphenated or spelled as one word. (Absent-minded is occasionally found as a single word without a hyphen.)
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People who are 'like minded' are in agreement about something. An example would be a group of people who find out they are all like minded regarding the proper way to milk a sheep.
why is a political party led by like minded people
No hyphen is needed for world class. World is just an adjective that describes class much like (for example) upper class, which also does not need a hyphen.
Yes, it should be hyphenated to desert-like.
You say "A hyphen" because the sound of the letter "H" at the beginning of the word "hyphen" is pronounced, making it a consonant sound.
em dash
No, it does not have a hyphen.
It Is A Special Hyphen
A colon is this : and a hyphen is this -