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do-gooding

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as in altruism

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Recent Examples of do-gooding Of course, there’s a little showing off, too, along with the do-gooding. — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025

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Patel viewed it more as a high-stakes litmus test of his wealthy audience’s altruism.

— Anna Tong, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Carol is alternately enchanted and frustrated by her husband’s innocence and altruism, which led him to his not particularly remunerative career as an interpreter.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026

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Meanwhile, the very vocabulary of humanitarianism and antiracism has become so selectively applied or debased as to be meaningless.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Ono has also made her mark as a peace activist, and her humanitarianism runs throughout her oeuvre.

— Julie L. Belcove, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026

Definition of humanitarianism

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The committee also highlighted the film’s humanism and delicate direction, its dense, multidimensional character relationships, and its meditation on love, desire and original sin.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
In a public statement, its 15-member selection committee praised the film’s overall achievement, mise-en-scène, Lee’s characteristically deep humanism and the density of its portrait of class, love and desire.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of humanism

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Yet Parton masterfully stayed out of every fight in the culture wars, preaching love, philanthropy, mentorship and tolerance until her dying breath.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
She was also widely admired for her philanthropy including her Imagination Library program, which has gifted more than 300 million books to children across the world over 31 years.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of philanthropy

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