altruisme

Concepts

altruism

charity

selflessness

unselfishness

humanity

benevolence

philanthropy

Synonyms

abnégation

philanthropie

bénévolat

oblativité

Translations

altruismo

Altruismus

altruismo

altruísmo

altruïsme

altruisme

onzelfzuchtigheid

Selbstlosigkeit

αλτρουισμός

Uneigennützigkeit

özgecilik

diğerkâmlık

Nächstenliebe

φιλαλληλία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/al.tʁɥism/

Etymology

Coined by Auguste Comte in 1830, from autrui + -isme. From Old French, from Latin alteri, dative of alter (“other”). Apparently inspired by French Latin legal phrase l'autrui, from le bien, le droit d'autrui (“the good, the right of the other”).