Altruism

Noun

 * 1) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; – opposed to egoism or selfishness.

Adjectives for Altruism
genuine; noble; philanthropic; lofty; feeble; non-existent.

Thesaurus
agape; beneficence; benevolence; benevolent disposition; benevolentness; bigheartedness; brotherly love; caritas; charitableness; charity; commitment; consecration; dedication; devotion; disinterest; disinterestedness; do-goodism; flower power; generosity; giving; goodwill; grace; greatheartedness; humaneness; humanitarianism; humanity; humility; largeheartedness; love; love of mankind; modesty; philanthropism; philanthropy; sacrifice; self-abasement; self-abnegation; self-denial; self-devotion; self-effacement; self-forgetfulness; self-immolation; self-neglect; self-neglectfulness; self-renouncement; self-sacrifice; self-subjection; selflessness; unacquisitiveness; unpossessiveness; unselfishness; utilitarianism; welfarism; well-disposedness

Etymology
1853, from altruisme:, coined 1830 by, from autrui: + -isme:, from , from  alteri:, dative of alter:, from which also English alter:. Apparently inspired by French Latin legal phrase l'autrui:, from le bien, le droit d'autrui:. Introduced into English by in 1853, in his translation Comte’s Philosophy of the Sciences, 1, xxi.

Synonyms

 * philanthropy

Antonyms

 * misanthropy (hatred of human race)
 * egoism

Related terms

 * altruist (noun form, a person who practises)
 * altruistic (adjective form, something with the nature of altruism)
 * selflessness is related as many who are selfless dedicate efforts to altruism, and many altruists are relatively selfless, but they are not synonyms.

Translations

 * Catalan: altruisme
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 利他主义, 愛他主義, 爱他主义
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: altruïsme, onbaatzuchtigheid
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: altruizm
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: альтруизм
 * Spanish: altruismo
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * muralist
 * ultraism

Noun

 * 1) altruism

Related terms

 * altruistisk
 * altruist