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altruism

noun as in unselfish concern

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What astonished him was their complex social structure, and evidence of what he believed to be signs of altruism.

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At the end of the day, as motivated by altruism as I am, I don’t want to be Pollyannish about what voters’ expectations of themselves and their neighbors are.

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Often, body-donation is driven by simple altruism, she says: "A lot of people are either educated or interested in education."

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"The characters' excessive altruism was disturbing - almost to the point of seeming unhinged," reads a comment on popular South Korean discussion site Nate Pann.

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But this wasn't American altruism, as Trump implies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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