altruistic


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
altruism /ˈaltrʊɪz(ə)m/
noun selfless concern for the well-being of others.

Zoology behaviour of an animal that benefits another at its own expense.

– derivatives
altruist noun,
altruistic adjective,
altruistically adverb.
– origin C19: from Fr. altruisme, from Ital. altrui ‘somebody else’, from L. alteri huic ‘to this other’.
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