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altruism

noun as in unselfish concern

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The group said it hoped to attract more donations and to provide a place for the kind of inspired altruism that emerged after the fires.

Delivering his eulogy at Hull Minster on Thursday, Sir Tony said Prescott was a "complicated man, wrestling frequently with the tangle of ambition and altruism".

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Perhaps more than any single post-World War II president, Carter changed the way many saw the U.S. by attempting to inject American values of altruism, democracy and human rights into foreign policy.

A computer science major with an interest in rationalism, self-improvement and effective altruism — a philosophical movement that uses evidence and reason to help others — Mangione enthused about technological innovation.

Most ants have two morphologically differentiated adult castes -- queens and workers -- each irreversibly specialized for either reproduction or nonreproductive altruism such as foraging, defense and care of maternal brood.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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