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altruism

noun
/ˈæl.tɹu.ɪz.əm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alterī Vulgar Latin *alterui Old French autrui French autrui Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French altruismebor. English altruism From French altruisme, which was coined in 1830 by Auguste Comte from autrui (“of or to others”) + -isme, from Old French, from Latin alteri, dative of alter (“other”) (whence also English alter). Apparently inspired by the French Latin legal phrase l'autrui, from le bien, le droit d'autrui (“the good, the right of the other”). Introduced into English by George Henry Lewes in 1853, in his translation Comte’s Philosophy of the Sciences, 1, xxi.

  1. derived from alteri
  2. borrowed from altruisme

Definitions

  1. Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself

    Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness.

    • The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

  2. Action or behaviour that benefits another or others at some cost to the performer.

The neighborhood

Derived

altruist, altruistic, altruize, antialtruism, biological altruism, effective altruism, hyperaltruism, nonaltruism, reciprocal altruism

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA