altruistic English

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What does altruistic mean?

Definitions in simple English

altruistic Adjective

— If you are altruistic, you help others, even when you do not benefit. She helped Anne to carry her groceries to the taxi stand and was praised for her altruistic act.

altruistic

— adjective showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Synonyms altruistic synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as altruistic?

altruistic English » English

unselfish

selfless

generous

philanthropic

humane

forgiveful

beneficent

altruist

Topics altruistic topics

What do people use altruistic to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Altruistic, selfless

• What words describe someone who is selfless?
  altruistic selfless unselfish thinks of others self-sacrificing benevolent Good Samaritan

Examples altruistic examples

How do I use altruistic in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom is altruistic.

Movie subtitles

We thank you for your altruistic offer, captain, but we really do not need your protection.

Thay can be faithful, monogamous, altruistic.

Michael, KITT's primary function, to protect human life, is, for want of a better word, altruistic.

Nobody else. No altruistic motive.

Perhaps this was his final altruistic gesture to unite the world in some common goal.

The Companions are not the altruistic beings they appeared to be.

So you were being altruistic?

Rumors abounded that they had their own agenda, which was less than altruistic, if not improper or illegal.

If I knew all hackers were that altruistic, I would.

What an altruistic daughter you have there, Lou!

It's not altruistic.

No sacrifice is purely altruistic.

So the trick would be. to make a wish that's totally altruistic, that's for everyone.

The question really is, how many of the people that you share your discoveries with, will be altruistic, and how many will make fortunes off of your generosity?

I'd call that a reasonably altruistic phrase, do you agree, patty?

Well, that's most altruistic.

I was wrong to be so altruistic.

I'm not altruistic, Mr. Dimitri.

Ivan, that is so altruistic and noble, that's so like you, but you've been teaching for 50 years.

My motives are purely altruistic, I assure you.

Perhaps this was his final altruistic gesture to unite the world in some common goal. Maybe all of the above.

He believes his acts were altruistic. Yet his victims are bound.

They had their own agenda, which was less than altruistic, if not improper or illegal.

Thank you for your most altruistic indecision.

She had you down as some form of totally unique. altruistic phenomenon. instead of the fact. that you had a low opinion of her. and all you really wanted. was to fuck that little bubble brain.

Ultra-altruistic.

Meanwhile, as a tortured member of the disenfranchised proletariat, you find some altruistic need to protect these digital plantation owners?

You know, this is an utterly altruistic act, isn't it?

Altruistic.

My partner in altruistic bullshit.

Either they're an altruistic, decent person who is worried about my well being.

Sandrine and Charlotte seek two caring dads. altruistic and energetic.

News and current affairs

Gallup's results, which form the basis of the World Giving Index 2014, indicate that approximately 2.3 billion people, a third of the world's population, perform at least one altruistic act per month.

There were 177 altruistic donations by living donors in the United States in 2013 and 118 in the United Kingdom in the year to April 2014.

Admittedly, not all of this giving is altruistic.

But this does not mean that these donors are not altruistic.

Nor are they set to become a benevolent, altruistic power, ready to use their new strength and reputation to improve the stability of the international system.

Or your resolution may have been more altruistic: to help those in need, or to reduce your carbon footprint.

Individuals are sometimes willing to be altruistic to someone now in the expectation that they will, in turn, be helped when we they need it.

But an altruistic approach requires few trade-offs.

Studies have also shown that an individual can learn to be altruistic.

Societies, too, can become more altruistic (and may even enjoy an evolutionary advantage over their more selfish counterparts).

Of course, he did mainly fill his own pockets - and his social and political activities certainly were not entirely altruistic, either.

But, with the right approach, it may well be possible to foster the kind of altruistic and pro-social behaviors that are needed to improve global cooperation.

While President Bashar al-Assad's regime remains vicious and tyrannical, and some of its opponents' motives remain altruistic, the conflict can no longer be defined simply as one of good versus evil.

Despite some of the more fevered declarations made by Kouchner and other human rights activists, states do not tend to behave altruistically, and electorates do not tend to wish to see their sons and daughters kill and die in altruistic wars.

Consequently, they have increasingly abandoned altruistic participation and are demanding compensation for their tissue.

But that does not mean that a corporation is the right entity to engage in altruism - though its various stakeholders obviously can spend any portion of the income they earn from the corporation and other sources in altruistic ways.

But, although al-Ahmar announced that he was appalled by the use of force and vowed to defend the constitution, his decision was anything but altruistic.