
Meaning of PHILANTHROPIC
| Pronunciation: | | `filun'thrâpik
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- [adj] generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"
- [adj] of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a philanthropic society"
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| | Synonyms: | | beneficent, benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical
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| | Related Terms: | | almsgiving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, charitable, contributing, donating, eleemosynary, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, good, greathearted, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, largehearted, magnanimous, munificent, open-handed, openhearted, public, spirited, ungrudging, unstinting, welfare, welfare statist, welfarist |
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