Crossword-Solution: ALTRUISM 8 letters, 32 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Word Word Type Definition
Altruism n. Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to
the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or
selfishness.

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ALTRUISM anagram MURALIST, ULTRAISM

We have 32 clues for the answer “ALTRUISM”

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Concern for others 1 answer
Muralist (anag.) 1 answer
Unselfish one's quality 1 answer
Unselfish devotion to others 1 answer
Selfless devotion to others 1 answer
Selfless concern for others 1 answer
Do-gooder's quality 1 answer
Do-gooder's motivation 1 answer
Charitable one's quality 1 answer
Charitable giving, e.g. 1 answer
"Foil is not for use in microwaves," e.g.? 1 answer
Selflessness 2 answers
Unselfishness 8 answers
humanitarianism 11 answers
generosity 22 answers
philanthropy 23 answers
Donation. 27 answers
Goodwill 42 answers
Charity 52 answers
clemency 59 answers
GOOD points 61 answers
contribution 68 answers
Dedication 71 answers
Tenderness 72 answers
Indifference 74 answers
good turn 75 answers
Aid 77 answers
humanity 78 answers
soft touch 81 answers
Goodness 87 answers
Approval 95 answers
Grace 96 answers
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Sentences with ALTRUISM (5)

Tolstoy the realist steps without cavil into the front rank of modern writers; Tolstoy the idealist has been constantly derided and scorned by men of like birth and education with himself--his altruism denounced as impracticable, his preaching compared with his mode of life to prove him inconsistent, if not insincere.
The Forged Coupon and Other Stories Leo Tolstoy 1995
Miss Farish’s surprise and gratitude confirmed this feeling, and Lily parted from her with a sense of self-esteem which she naturally mistook for the fruits of altruism.
The house of Mirth Edith Wharton 1995
Lop-Ear was plainly in a funk, and yet his conduct in remaining by me, in spite of his fear, I take as a foreshadowing of the altruism and comradeship that have helped make man the mightiest of the animals.
Before Adam Jack London 1995
The British in Hongkong afford an illustration of a different order, proving the truth of my contention that, excepting as a sphere for the exercise of altruism, the acquisition of new territories is an illusive gain.
America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat Wu Tingfang 1996
Under these conditions it is not perhaps singular that the capacity to bring forth, and the qualities and attributes of women which are correlated with it, namely, sympathy--a desire for the welfare of others outside of self, or altruism,--should no longer have been worshipped as divine, or that in their place should have been substituted the leading characters developed in man.
The God-Idea of the Ancients Eliza Burt Gamble 1996

Quotes with ALTRUISM (3)

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.
Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene
Poverty of young men alone behind thestairways, who practicealchemy inside bottle caps, who knowthe altruism of a last syringe.
Jim Carroll Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems
You’re not exactly up for the Humanitarian of the Year award, so save your altruism for someone who can't see through you like cellophane.
Rebecca McNutt Mandy and Alecto: The Collected Smog City Book Series
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, WSJ.

Used 12 times in crossword archives (1970–2022).