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Altruistic — Al tru*is tic, a. [Cf. F. altruiste, a. See {Altruism}..] Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; opposed to {egoistic} or {selfish}. Bain. {Al tru*is tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
altruistic — index benevolent, charitable (benevolent), humane, liberal (generous), magnanimous, nonprofit … Law dictionary
altruistic — (adj.) 1853, from Fr. altruiste (adj.), from altruisme (see ALTRUISM (Cf. altruism)) + IC (Cf. ic) … Etymology dictionary
altruistic — benevolent, *charitable, humanitarian, philanthropic, eleemosynary Analogous words: self abnegating, self denying (see corresponding nouns at RENUNCIATION): generous, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, *liberal Antonyms: egoistic Contrasted words … New Dictionary of Synonyms
altruistic — [adj] unselfish all heart*, benevolent, big*, big hearted*, bleeding heart*, charitable, considerate, generous, good, good scout, human, humane, humanitarian, kind, magnanimous, openhanded, philanthropic, Robin Hood*, self sacrificing; concept… … New thesaurus
altruistic — [al΄tro͞o is′tik] adj. of or motivated by altruism; unselfish SYN. PHILANTHROPIC altruistically adv … English World dictionary
altruistic — al|tru|is|tic [ˌæltruˈıstık] adj altruistic behaviour shows that you care about and will help other people, even though this brings no advantage for yourself ≠ ↑selfish ▪ Were his motives entirely altruistic? >altruistically [ kli] adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
altruistic — adjective altruistic behaviour shows that you care about others more than you care for yourself: Were his motives completely altruistic? altruistically /kli/ adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
altruistic — adjective /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk,ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk,ˌɑl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/ Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish His helping the old lady with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away. Syn: beneficent,… … Wiktionary
altruistic — adj. Altruistic is used with these nouns: ↑love, ↑motive, ↑reason … Collocations dictionary
