do-gooding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for do-gooding
Noun
  • Compared with the general population, participants with hoarding disorder scored almost universally high on altruism.
    Mary E. Dozier, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
  • To survive, vampire bats practice reciprocal altruism, sharing regurgitated blood with starving roost-mates—a rare and complex social behavior in the animal kingdom.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But, in its refusal of certainty, their humanism also produced enormous anxiety, and anxiety is always drawn toward the reassurance of authority.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • For both writers — and this is true for Renaissance humanism at large — there is no contemplative life without the active life — the two modes necessarily co-exist.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • First, philanthropy remains critical, as many museums rely on the generosity of individual donors to serve visitors.
    Margi Glavovic Nothard, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Real estate offers powerful opportunities for philanthropy and social impact investing: • Affordable housing initiatives that provide stable housing for low-income families.
    DJ Van Keuren, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Do-gooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do-gooding. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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