What does altruistic mean?
Definitions for altruistic
al·tru·is·tic
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Princeton's WordNet
altruistic, selflessadjective
showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Wiktionary
altruisticadjective
Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.
Etymology: See altruism.
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altruistic
Altruistic refers to a behavior or attitude that is characterized by selflessness, kindness, and genuine concern for the well-being of others over one's own self-interest or personal gain. It involves acting out of care and compassion without expecting anything in return.
Webster Dictionary
Altruisticadjective
regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish
Etymology: [Cf. F. altruiste, a. See Altruism..]
Editors Contribution
altruistic
A person who is philanthropic and chooses to use their ability, experience, skills, knowledge, tools, technology or income to contribute to the creation of optimum health, human rights, shared prosperity and unity of all human beings and animals.
We as human are naturally altruistic and choose to use our ability, experience, knowledge, skills and a portion of our income to support our fellow human beings.
Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2017
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of altruistic in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of altruistic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of altruistic in a Sentence
We have so many patients waiting, the other opportunity is we can do living donors. So we gladly accept altruistic living donors to where someone says I'd like to be worked up as a donor for someone I don't know and may never know, but I would be glad to donate.
In addition to learning the skills needed to be successful in business, I want to establish life-long connections and friendships with my fellow students from the U.S. and around the globe, also, Vanderbilt already does a terrific job being a part of and giving back to the community ; I would like to help maintain and promote that altruistic culture.
They just sort of gloss over things to make it seem as if everybody is this wonderful, altruistic person.
There is someone, a shareholder or management or an owner, who is literally making profit out of this humanitarian, altruistic motive on the part of everybody else involved. The optics aren’t that great.
There is someone, a shareholder or management or an owner, who is literally making profit out of this humanitarian, altruistic motive on the part of everybody else involved. The optics aren't that great.
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- عنده إيثارArabic
- altruistaCatalan, Valencian
- altruistickýCzech
- uegennyttig, altruistiskDanish
- altruistischGerman
- αλτρουιστικόςGreek
- altruismaEsperanto
- altruistaSpanish
- نوع دوستPersian
- pyyteetön, altruistinen, epäitsekäsFinnish
- altruiste, désintéresséFrench
- altrúiseachIrish
- altruístaGalician
- परोपकारीHindi
- altruista, altruisztikusHungarian
- այլասիրական, ալտրուիստականArmenian
- altruistisIndonesian
- altruistico, altruistaItalian
- 利他的なJapanese
- ಪರೋಪಕಾರಿKannada
- 이타적인Korean
- altruisticLatin
- altruïstischDutch
- altruistiskNorwegian
- bezinteresowny, altruistycznyPolish
- altruístaPortuguese
- binefăcătpr, altruist, generosRomanian
- альтруисти́ческийRussian
- altruističan, алтруистичанSerbo-Croatian
- altruistiskSwedish
- பரோபகாரம்Tamil
- పరోపకారమైనTelugu
- เห็นแก่ผู้อื่นThai
- fedakarTurkish
- альтруїстичнийUkrainian
- پرہیزگاریUrdu
- vị thaVietnamese
- אַלטרויסטיקYiddish
- 利他的Chinese
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