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Meanings of
altruist
in English
Portuguese
filantropo
Catalan
altruista
Back to the meaning
Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being.
philanthropist
Portuguese
filantropo
Usage of
altruist
in English
1
And Mary was no
altruist
to rejoice over other people's Paris follies.
2
But she's more than an
altruist
looking to usher in a new era.
3
Nobody believes or wants to believe in the
altruist
any longer.
4
He was the only
altruist
Bonaparte said he had ever met in his life.
5
Egoists (with even thinner and weaker voices) denounce Him as an
altruist
.
6
You, an
altruist
,
are interested only in a school.
7
Neither am I a peacemaker or an
altruist
.
8
The chairman was no
altruist
in politics.
9
The
altruist
and lover winced at this.
10
Jerris the First was neither a power-mad dictator nor an
altruist
,
although he had been called both.
11
Yet, withal, David was the true
altruist
.
12
I am no
altruist
,
but I guess I owe something to the race that I leech off of.
13
If utility were egoism, how could it be the duty of the
altruist
to behave like an egoist?
14
If you are really the
altruist
you claim to be, Mr. Vine, you need not fear their destruction.
15
He's an idealist and an
altruist
.
16
Thus the choice between left and right was simple: Do you want to be an
altruist
or an egoist?
Other examples for "altruist"
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About this term
altruist
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
become an altruist
only altruist
political altruist
public altruist
pure altruist
More collocations
Translations for
altruist
Portuguese
filantropo
altruísta
Catalan
altruista
filantrop
Altruist
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