altruistic

altruistic

English

WOTD – 22 December 2009

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/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Adjective

altruistic (comparative more altruistic, superlative most altruistic)

1. Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

   His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

Synonyms

• (regardful of others): beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish

Antonyms

• (regardful of others): egoistic, misanthropic, selfish

Derived terms

• altruistic filicide
• altruistically

Related terms

• altruism
• altruist

Translations

regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

Armenian: ալտրուիստական (altruistakan), այլասիրական (hy) (aylasirakan) Asturian: altruísta Catalan: altruista Czech: altruistický Danish: altruistisk, uegennyttig Dutch: altruïstisch (nl) Esperanto: altruisma Finnish: altruistinen, epäitsekäs, pyyteetön French: altruiste (fr) m or f, 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) m or f, altruistico (it) m Japanese: 利他的な (rita-teki-na) Norwegian: altruistisk Polish: bezinteresowny (pl) m, altruistyczny (pl) m Portuguese: altruísta (pt) Romanian: altruist (ro), generos (ro), binefăcătpr m Russian: альтруисти́ческий (ru) (alʹtruistíčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: алтруистичан Roman: altruističan (sh) Spanish: altruista (es) Swedish: altruistisk (sv)

External links

• Altruism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ultraistic