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1. (n.) philanthropy
altruistic concern for human beings, esp. as manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons or to institutions advancing human welfare.
2. philanthropy
a philanthropic act or donation.
3. philanthropy
a philanthropic institution.
Etymology: (1600–10; earlier philanthropia < LL < Gk philanthrōpía love for mankind. See phil -, anthropo -, -y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) philanthropy, philanthropic gift
voluntary promotion of human welfare
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1. (noun) Philanthropy
love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy
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Sense: love for mankind, usually as shown by money given to, or work done for, other people
He shows his philanthropy by helping people who have been in prison.
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 Afrikaans: filantropie |
 Arabic: حُب البَشَر، إحْسان |
 Bulgarian: човеколюбие |
 Brazilian: filantropia |
 Czech: lidumilnost |
 German: die Menschenliebe |
 Danish: velgørenhed; filantropi |
 Greek: φιλανθρωπία |
 Spanish: filantropía |
 Estonian: heategevus |
 Farsi: انسان دوستی |
 Finnish: filantropia |
 French: philantropie |
 Hebrew: נַדבנוּת |
 Hindi: मानव प्रेम |
 Croatian: dobrotvornost,čovjekoljub |
 Hungarian: emberszeretet |
 Indonesian: pecinta sesama |
 Icelandic: mannúð; líknarstarfsemi |
 Italian: filantropia |
 Japanese: 博愛 |
 Korean: 박애(博愛) |
 Lithuanian: filantropija |
 Latvian: filantropija |
 Malay: sifat dermawan |
 Dutch: filantropie |
 Norwegian: veldedighet; menneskekjær |
 Polish: filantropia |
 Persian: انسان دوستی |
 Pashto: بشر دوستي ، دهمنوع سره مي |
 Portuguese: filantropia |
 Romanian: filantropie; caritate |
 Russian: филантропия |
 Slovak: ľudomilnosť, filantropia |
 Slovenian: človekoljubje |
 Serbian: filantropija |
 Swedish: filantropi |
 Thai: ความใจบุญ |
 Turkish: insanseverlik |
 Taiwanese: 慈善事業 |
 Ukrainian: філантропія |
 Urdu: بني نوع انسان کي ہمدردي |
 Vietnamese: tính nhân từ |
 Chinese: 慈善事业 |
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