English
WOTD – 22 December 2009, 22 December 2010
Etymology
From altruist + -ic. See altruism.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˌɑl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Adjective
altruistic (comparative more altruistic, superlative most altruistic)
- Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
- Synonyms: beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish
- Antonyms: egoistic, misanthropic, selfish
His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.
Derived terms
Translations
regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
- Armenian: ալտրուիստական (altruistakan), այլասիրական (hy) (aylasirakan)
- Asturian: altruísta
- Catalan: altruista (ca)
- Czech: altruistický
- Danish: altruistisk, uegennyttig
- Dutch: altruïstisch (nl)
- Esperanto: altruisma
- Finnish: altruistinen (fi), epäitsekäs (fi), pyyteetön (fi)
- French: altruiste (fr), désintéressé (fr)
- Galician: altruísta
- German: altruistisch (de), selbstlos (de), uneigennützig (de)
- Greek: αλτρουιστικός (el) (altrouistikós)
- Hungarian: altruista (hu), altruisztikus
- Icelandic: ósérplæginn, óeigingjarn, fórnfús
- Italian: altruista (it), altruistico (it)
- Japanese: 利他的な (rita-teki-na)
- Kyrgyz: өзгөчүл (özgöcül)
- Norwegian: altruistisk
- Polish: bezinteresowny (pl), altruistyczny (pl)
- Portuguese: altruísta (pt)
- Romanian: altruist (ro), generos (ro), binefăcător (ro)
- Russian: альтруисти́ческий (ru) (alʹtruistíčeskij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: алтруистичан
- Roman: altruističan (sh)
- Spanish: altruista (es)
- Swedish: altruistisk (sv)
- Turkish: özgecil (tr)
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