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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Philanthropy
//fɪˈlæn.θɹə.piː//
Synonyms for "philanthropy" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
Related word relations
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6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
15 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φιλανθρωπία noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Armenian
2 entries- բարեգործություն noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- մարդասիրություն noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Asturian
1 entries- filantropía noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Basque
1 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Bulgarian
2 entries- филантропия noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- човеколюбие noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Catalan
1 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Czech
1 entries- filantropie noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Danish
1 entries- filantropi noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Dutch
1 entries- filantropie noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Esperanto
1 entries- filantropio noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Estonian
1 entries- filantroopia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Finnish
4 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- hyvä työ noun (philanthropic act)
- hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö noun (charitable foundation)
- ihmisystävällisyys noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
French
1 entries- philanthropie noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Galician
1 entries- filantropía noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Georgian
1 entries- ფილანთროპი noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
German
3 entries- Menschenliebe noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- Nächstenliebe noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- Philantropie noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Greek
2 entries- φιλανθρωπία noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- φιλανθρωπία noun (philanthropic act)
Hebrew
1 entries- נַדְבָנוּת noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Hindi
1 entries- लोकोपकार noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Indonesian
1 entries- filantropi noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Irish
1 entries- daonnachtúlacht noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Italian
1 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Japanese
2 entries- 人間好き noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- 慈善活動 noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Kashubian
1 entries- filantropiô noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Kazakh
1 entries- филантропия noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្នេហាមនុស្សជាតិ noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Latin
1 entries- phĭlanthrōpĭa noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Latvian
2 entries- filantropija noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- labdarība noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Lithuanian
2 entries- filantropas noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- labdarys noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Macedonian
1 entries- филантропија noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Manx
1 entries- miallys noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ფილანთროპი noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- filantropi noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- filantropi noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Occitan
1 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Polish
1 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Portuguese
1 entries- filantropia noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਲੋਕ ਭਲਾਈ noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Romanian
1 entries- filantropie noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Russian
1 entries- филантро́пия noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- filantròpija f čovekoljublje noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- čovekoljubivost noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- филантро̀пија noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Slovak
1 entries- dobročinnosť noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Slovene
2 entries- filantropíja noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- človekoljubje noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Spanish
1 entries- filantropía noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Swedish
1 entries- filantropi noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkakawang-gawa noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Telugu
1 entries- దాతృత్వం noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Turkish
3 entries- hayırseverlik noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- insanseverlik noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
- yardımseverlik noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Ukrainian
1 entries- філантропі́я noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Uzbek
1 entries- filantropiya noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Volapük
1 entries- menilöf noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Welsh
1 entries- dyngarwch noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
West-Frisian
1 entries- filantropy noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿילאַנטראָפּיע noun (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
In my opinion it is harmful to place important things in the hands of philanthropy, which in Russia is marked by a chance character. Nor should important matters depend on leftovers, which are never there. I would prefer that the government treasury take care of it.
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If you donate money to a charity or volunteer to help people in need, you can call your good deeds philanthropy.
Source: tatoeba (10195386)
Philanthropy is the highest virtue.
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