Altruistic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Altruistic \Al`tru*is"tic\, a. [Cf. F. altruiste, a. See
     {Altruism}..]
     Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to
     {egoistic} or {selfish}. --Bain. -- {Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly},
     adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  altruistic
       adj : showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others [syn: {selfless}]
             [ant: {egoistic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "altruistic":
     almsgiving, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bounteous,
     bountiful, charitable, committed, consecrated, considerate,
     dedicated, devoted, disinterested, eleemosynary, freehearted,
     generous, good, greathearted, humane, humanitarian, humble, kind,
     largehearted, liberal, magnanimous, modest, noble-minded,
     open-handed, philanthropic, sacrificing, self-abasing,
     self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted,
     self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful,
     self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing,
     self-unconscious, selfless, unacquisitive, unpossessive,
     unpretentious, unselfish, unsparing of self, welfare,
     welfare statist, welfarist