philanthropy

English

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Alternative forms

• phylanthropy (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin philanthropia, from Ancient Greek. The prefixe phil- comes from ο φίλος ("ho philos") - the friend from the verb φίλω ("philo") which means to like or to love. -anthropy comes from the noun ανθρώπος ("anthropos") the man, the human.

Noun

philanthropy (countable and uncountable; plural philanthropies)

1. (uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind, especially by charitable giving

   As public funding is reduced, we depend increasingly on private philanthropy.

2. A philanthropic act

   His tombstone lists his various philanthropies.

3. A charitable foundation

   the Rockefeller philanthropies

Antonyms

• (benevolent altruism): misanthropy

Related terms

• philanthropist
• philanthropic

Translations

benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind

Armenian: բարեգործություն (hy) (baregorcutʿyun), մարդասիրություն (hy) (mardasirutʿyun) Catalan: filantropia (ca) f. Croatian: filantròpija (hr) f. Czech: filantropie (cs) f. Esperanto: filantropio (eo) Finnish: filantropia, ihmisystävällisyys French: philantropie (fr) f.

German: Philantropie (de) f. Greek: φιλανθρωπία (el) (filanthropía) f. Italian: filantropia (it) f. Polish: filantropia (pl) f. Portuguese: filantropia (pt) f. Romanian: filantropie (ro) f. Serbian: čovekoljublje, čovekoljubivost Spanish: filantropía (es) f.