altruistic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

altruistic
    adj 1: showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others [syn:
           {altruistic}, {selfless}] [ant: {egocentric}, {egoistic},
           {egoistical}, {self-centered}, {self-centred}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Altruistic \Al`tru*is"tic\, a. [Cf. F. altruiste, a. See
   {Altruism}..]
   Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to
   {egoistic} or {selfish}. --Bain. -- {Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly},
   adv.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "altruistic":
      almsgiving, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bounteous,
      bountiful, charitable, committed, consecrated, considerate,
      dedicated, devoted, disinterested, eleemosynary, freehearted,
      generous, good, greathearted, humane, humanitarian, humble, kind,
      largehearted, liberal, magnanimous, modest, noble-minded,
      open-handed, philanthropic, sacrificing, self-abasing,
      self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted,
      self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful,
      self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing,
      self-unconscious, selfless, unacquisitive, unpossessive,
      unpretentious, unselfish, unsparing of self, welfare,
      welfare statist, welfarist

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