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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The latter is a reference to Tolstoy's protagonist and alter ego, Pierre Bezuhov, altruistic, questing, illegitimately born.† (source)
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We are neurologically constructed so that we gain huge personal dividends from altruism.† (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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I am no altruist, but I guess I owe something to the race that I leech off of.† (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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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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"Altruism seems to come more naturally to it than lies," Jared noted.† (source)
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I wasn't sure exactly how to talk about this, because I was essentially about to ask Maxon if he knew he was sitting on top of something that was much less altruistic than the public had been led to believe.† (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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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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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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