Principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others.
Behaviour by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor.
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Examples for "selflessness "
Examples for "selflessness "
1 In return, K2 had required from them heroism and selflessness and responsibility.
2 Jamaica owes you all a great debt of gratitude for your selflessness .
3 But he tried, and he knew true selflessness when he saw it.
4 Audrey's willing selflessness depleted her, and her neediness kept her coming back.
5 But with startling selflessness Goyo does ultimately break through his protective carapace.
1 The duties of the priest were confined to ministration in the temple.
2 But there was no help for me in the ministration of friends.
3 The gospel is called the ministration of life, but not of condemnation.
4 He sorely missed ministration : it had grown a necessity of his nature.
5 She knew well enough I had meant a ministration to the poor.
Ethical doctrine that holds that the moral value of an individual's actions depend solely on the impact on other individuals.
1 Democracy is not philanthropy; it is not even altruism or social reform.
2 The British welfare system is run almost on the basis of altruism .
3 Conference attendees conclude altruism is probably warranted, and hedge fund is established.
4 The pit mixes it all up: danger and altruism , aggression and unity.
5 Human altruism shaped our evolutionary history and pervades social and political life.
6 Andrew detected a lack of altruism in the pious note of praise.
7 Generally cats aren't known for their altruism , but she is the exception.
8 If you ask me, he ought to rethink some of his altruism .
9 Unfortunately, altruism was not only a human trait -it was everywhere.
10 For him, nation-building, like altruism in any form, is a foreign concept.
11 In fact, information-sharing could have benefits through kin selection and reciprocal altruism .
12 I doubt if you believe in altruism any more than Stone does.
13 In South Africa, some of the reductions are arguably due to altruism .
14 The old distinction between egoism and altruism is thus an artificial one.
15 The sheriff was all unacclimated to the suave altruism of fashionable circles.
16 She was a dramatic figure of altruism , of the everlasting sacrificial feminine.
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Altruism в диалектах
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