Both Uses of
philanthropy
in
An Ideal Husband
- You see nowadays it is not fashionable to flirt till one is forty, or to be romantic till one is forty-five, so we poor women who are under thirty, or say we are, have nothing open to us but politics or philanthropy.†
Act 1
- And philanthropy seems to me to have become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow-creatures.
Act 1 *philanthropy = helping others
Definition:
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(philanthropy) helping others -- especially donating money to worthy causes; or an organization that does so