Philanthropy

Noun

 * 1)  Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind, especially by charitable giving
 * As public funding is reduced, we depend increasingly on private philanthropy.
 * 1) A philanthropic act
 * His tombstone lists his various philanthropies.
 * 1) A charitable foundation
 * the Rockefeller philanthropies

Antonyms

 * misanthropy

Related terms

 * philanthropist
 * philanthropic

Thesaurus
BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, agape, aid, almsgiving, altruism, assistance, beneficence, benevolence, benevolent disposition, benevolentness, benignity, bigheartedness, brotherly love, caritas, charitableness, charity, contribution, do-goodism, donation, flower power, generosity, giving, goodwill, grace, grant, greatheartedness, help, humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largesse, liberality, love, love of mankind, magnanimity, patronage, philanthropism, thoughtfulness, utilitarianism, welfarism, well-disposedness

Etymology
From philanthropia, from. The prefixe phil- comes from ο φίλος ("ho philos") - the friend from the verb φίλω ("philo") which means to like oρ to love. -anthropy comes from the noun ανθρώπος ("anthropos") the man, the human.

Translations

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 * Finnish: filantropia, ihmisystävällisyys
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 * Romanian: filantropie
 * Serbian: čovekoljublje, čovekoljubivost