Sample Sentences foraltruism (editor-reviewed)
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Even as a child, she was known for her altruism—always putting her classmates’ needs before her own.altruism = selflessness (putting others first)
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She is known for her kindness, compassion, and altruism.
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Suppose I had never wished to take any money at all, but had set out in pure altruism to serve the people. (source)altruism = unselfish concern for others
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What if they took those same savvy, socially connected, altruistic people and gave them condoms to hand out, or educated them in the kinds of health information that drug addicts desperately need to know? (source)altruistic = having unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of altruism from its fellows.† (source)
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Just because we sometimes warned one or two of you beforehand doesn't make us altruistic.† (source)
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We are neurologically constructed so that we gain huge personal dividends from altruism.† (source)
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The latter is a reference to Tolstoy's protagonist and alter ego, Pierre Bezuhov, altruistic, questing, illegitimately born.† (source)
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I am no altruist, but I guess I owe something to the race that I leech off of.† (source)
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It was no secret that King Robert had left the crown vastly in debt, and alchemists were seldom mistaken for altruists.† (source)
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Isn't he one of the affirmative forces in the Wall, earning money with his salvage business, using it more or less altruistically, teaching his crew of stray kids, abandoned some of them, pregnant one or two, runaways, throwaways—giving them a sense of responsibility and self-worth?† (source)
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I was grateful, but knew the authorities had not granted permission out of altruism: they were reading our letters, hoping to glean some information that would assist their case against Winnie.† (source)
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In fact, this affection was not entirely altruistic; there existed here a veritable traffic of children among homosexuals, I learned later.† (source)
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First the ladies' man and now the great altruist; well traveled but still grounded; worldly but still cognizant of the things that really mattered.† (source)
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There are few altruists in the vicinity of the Raft, and it must be evident that they don't have much to steal.† (source)
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Soon she took his altruism so much for granted that on several occasions she knocked on his door asking him in tears to protect her from her benefactor.† (source)
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