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Another word for philanthropic

philanthropic Synonyms

philanthropic

modif.

charitable, humanitarian, altruistic, benevolent, public-spirited, liberal, bountiful, magnanimous, generous, munificent, beneficent, helpful, humane, kindly, kindhearted, unselfish, giving, civic-minded, openhanded, eleemosynary, nonprofit, patriotic; see also generous 1, humane 1, kind.

Antonyms misanthropic, hardhearted, selfish.

philanthropic implies interest in the general human welfare, esp. as shown in large-scale gifts to charities or the endowment of institutions for human advancement; humanitarian implies more direct concern with promoting the welfare of humanity, esp. through reducing pain and suffering; charitable usually implies the giving of money or other help to those in need; altruistic implies a putting of the welfare of others before one's own interests and therefore stresses freedom from selfishness

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Another word for philanthropic

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Of or concerned with charity:

altruistic, benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary, philanthropical. See give, kind

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It is the seat of several educational and philanthropic institutions.
Miss Swanwick was interested in many of the social and philanthropic movements of her day.
The list of his honors and achievements were exceeded only by his philanthropic connections and contributions.
As a man he was loyal, affectionate, philanthropic and entirely estimable.
A state board of charities has supervision over all philanthropic and penal institutions in the state, including hospitals, which numbered 103 in 1907; and the board visits the almshouses supported by seventy-eight (of the 168) towns of the state, and investigates and supervises the provision made for the town poor in the other ninety towns of the state; some, as late as 1906, were, with the few paupers maintained by the state, cared for in a private almshouse at Tariffville, which was commonly known as the " state almshouse.

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