Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
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Philanthropist
Synonyms for "philanthropist" (49 found)
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68 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- filantroop noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantroop noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Arabic
1 entries- سَخِيّ noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Belarusian
2 entries- філантроп noun (person who loves mankind)
- філантропка noun (person who loves mankind)
Bulgarian
2 entries- филантроп noun (person who loves mankind)
- човеколюбец noun (person who loves mankind)
Catalan
2 entries- filantrop noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantrop noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Czech
2 entries- filantrop noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- lidumil noun (person who loves mankind)
Danish
1 entries- filantrop noun (person who loves mankind)
Dutch
1 entries- filantroop noun (person who loves mankind)
Esperanto
1 entries- filantropo noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Finnish
1 entries- filantrooppi noun (person who loves mankind)
French
2 entries- philanthrope noun (person who loves mankind)
- philanthrope noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Galician
4 entries- filántropa noun (person who loves mankind)
- filántropa noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- filántropo noun (person who loves mankind)
- filántropo noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
German
4 entries- Menschenfreund noun (person who loves mankind)
- Menschenfreundin noun (person who loves mankind)
- Philanthrop noun (person who loves mankind)
- Philanthropin noun (person who loves mankind)
Greek
2 entries- φιλάνθρωπος noun (person who loves mankind)
- φιλάνθρωπος noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Hebrew
2 entries- בעל צדקה noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- נַדְבָן noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Hungarian
4 entries- emberbarát noun (person who loves mankind)
- emberbarát noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- filantróp noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantróp noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Italian
2 entries- filantropo noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantropo noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Ladino
1 entries- sadikero noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Macedonian
2 entries- добротвор noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- човекољубец noun (person who loves mankind)
Occitan
1 entries- filantròp noun (person who loves mankind)
Polish
4 entries- filantrop noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantrop noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- filantropka noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantropka noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Portuguese
2 entries- filantropo noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantropo noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Russian
2 entries- филантро́п noun (person who loves mankind)
- филантро́п noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- filàntrop noun (person who loves mankind)
- filàntrop noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- filàntropkinja noun (person who loves mankind)
- filàntropkinja noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Slovak
1 entries- ľudomil noun (person who loves mankind)
Spanish
2 entries- filántropo noun (person who loves mankind)
- filántropo noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Swedish
2 entries- filantrop noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantrop noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Tamil
1 entries- வள்ளல் noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Turkish
2 entries- filantrop noun (person who loves mankind)
- filantrop noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Ukrainian
3 entries- людолю́б noun (person who loves mankind)
- філантро́п noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- чоловіколю́б noun (person who loves mankind)
Volapük
3 entries- menihilöfan noun (person who loves mankind)
- menijilöfan noun (person who loves mankind)
- menilöfan noun (person who loves mankind)
Yiddish
2 entries- בעל־צדקה noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
- פֿילאַנטראָפּ noun (person who seeks to improve the world)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The philanthropist tried to use her wealth to help people in need.
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The philanthropist had made billions of dollars from selling software and was now unstinting in his efforts to combat several debilitating tropical diseases.
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Tom had more money than he needed to live. So he decided to use the rest to become a philanthropist.
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