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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining or relating to altruism; regardful of others; having regard to the well-being or best interests of others: opposed to egoistic.
  • Pertaining to that theory of ethics which regards altruism as the highest motive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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See altruism.

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