I detest Ayn Rand. She rejected altruism, but in her last years, she was on social security and medicare. What a colossal idiot!
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Altruism
//ˈæl.tɹu.ɪz.əm//
Synonyms for "altruism" (59 found)
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Related words (29)
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2 entriesSynonyms
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9 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
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2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- altruizëm noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Arabic
2 entries- إِيثَار noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- غَيْرِيَّة noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Armenian
1 entries- այլասիրություն noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Asturian
1 entries- altruísmu noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- altruizm noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Belarusian
1 entries- альтруі́зм noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Bulgarian
1 entries- алтруи́зъм noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Catalan
1 entries- altruisme noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 利他 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- 利他主義 /利他主义 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- 愛他主義 /爱他主义 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Czech
1 entries- altruismus noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Danish
1 entries- altruisme noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Dutch
2 entries- altruïsme noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- onbaatzuchtigheid noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Esperanto
1 entries- altruismo noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Finnish
2 entries- altruismi noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- epäitsekkyys noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
French
1 entries- altruisme noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Galician
1 entries- altruismo noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Georgian
1 entries- ალტრუიზმი noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
German
3 entries- Altruismus noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- Selbstlosigkeit noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- Uneigennützigkeit noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Greek
1 entries- αλτρουισμός noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Hindi
1 entries- परहितवाद noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Hungarian
1 entries- altruizmus noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Ido
1 entries- altruismo noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Indonesian
1 entries- altruisme noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Irish
2 entries- altrúchas noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- soilíos noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Italian
1 entries- altruismo noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Japanese
2 entries- 利他 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- 利他主義 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Kazakh
1 entries- альтруизм noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Korean
4 entries- 리타 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- 리타심 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- 리타주의 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- 이타 noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Latvian
1 entries- altruisms noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Macedonian
1 entries- алтруи́зам noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- altruisme noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Persian
2 entries- ایثار noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- نوعدوستی noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Polish
1 entries- altruizm noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Portuguese
1 entries- altruísmo noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Romanian
2 entries- altruism noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- generozitate noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Russian
1 entries- альтруи́зм noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- altruìzam noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- алтруѝзам noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Slovak
1 entries- altruizmus noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Slovene
1 entries- altruizem noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Spanish
1 entries- altruismo noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Swedish
1 entries- altruism noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Tajik
1 entries- алтруизм noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Turkish
2 entries- altrüizm noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
- diğerkâmlık noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Ukrainian
1 entries- альтруї́зм noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Uzbek
1 entries- altruism noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chủ nghĩa vị tha noun (policy that benefits others' interests)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Some have characterized altruism as selfishness on behalf of others.
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I admire Tom's altruism.
Source: tatoeba (9418745)
Where does selflessness end and pathological altruism begin?
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