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altruistic (adjective), more altruistic, most altruistic
1. Pertaining to a behavior that shows a desire to aid or to assist other people: The mayor's altruistic concerns for helping the poor resulted in the feeding of many people who were in dire need of assistance in his city.
2. Etymology: from Latin alteri, a form of alter, "other, another".
Relating to being unselfish.
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A reference to a gesture of being unselfish.
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