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Synonyms for altruist

Grammar : Noun

Spell : al-troo-ist

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl tru ɪst

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Définition of altruist

Origin : 1842, from French; see altruism + -ist.

As in philanthropist : noun humanitarian
As in benefactor : noun donor
As in giver : noun donor
As in do-gooder : noun idealist
As in donor : noun giver of gift
As in humanitarian : noun person who gives generously

Example sentences :

To be the altruist, one must first be the egoist (say the philosophers), to give, one must first have.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland

If I had your altruist emotional temperament, I should not hesitate for a moment.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

On our knees the egotist must die, and the altruist be born.
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

In point of fact, of course, he is no more an altruist than any other healthy mammal.
Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan

In the pastor Sudermann attempts to paint the altruist in action.
Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker

But both egoist and altruist are philosophical abstractions.
Extract from : « The Journal of a Disappointed Man » by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

They do not believe, and they tell you bluntly they do not believe, any man who claims to be an altruist.
Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee

Thus Godwin was rationalist, altruist, anarchist, and non-resister.
Extract from : « William Blake » by Charles Gardner

He was an altruist, and he loved others better than himself.
Extract from : « An Outline of Russian Literature » by Maurice Baring

I like to think there's even a good deal of the altruist in me.
Extract from : « The Old Die Rich » by Horace Leonard Gold

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