altruistic

English

WOTD – 22 December 2009

Etymology

From altruist +‎ -ic. See altruism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˌɑl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Adjective

altruistic (comparative more altruistic, superlative most altruistic)

1. Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

   His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

Synonyms

• (regardful of others): beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish

Antonyms

• (regardful of others): egoistic, misanthropic, selfish

Derived terms

• altruistic filicide
• altruistically

Related terms

• altruism
• altruist

Translations

regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

• Armenian: ալտրուիստական (altruistakan), այլասիրական (hy) (aylasirakan)
• Asturian: altruísta
• Catalan: altruista (ca)
• Czech: altruistický
• Danish: altruistisk, uegennyttig
• Dutch: altruïstisch (nl)
• Esperanto: altruisma
• Finnish: altruistinen (fi), epäitsekäs (fi), pyyteetön (fi)
• French: altruiste (fr), désintéressé (fr)
• Galician: altruísta
• German: altruistisch (de), selbstlos (de), uneigennützig (de)
• Greek: αλτρουιστικός (el) (altrouistikós)
• Hungarian: altruista (hu), altruisztikus
• Icelandic: ósérplæginn, óeigingjarn, fórnfús
• Italian: altruista (it), altruistico (it)
• Japanese: 利他的な (rita-teki-na)
• Kyrgyz: өзгөчүл (özgöçül)
• Norwegian: altruistisk
• Polish: bezinteresowny (pl), altruistyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: altruísta (pt)
• Romanian: altruist (ro), generos (ro), binefăcător (ro)
• Russian: альтруисти́ческий (ru) (alʹtruistíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алтруистичан

  Roman: altruističan (sh)

• Spanish: altruista (es)
• Swedish: altruistisk (sv)

Further reading

• Altruism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ultraistic