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Meaning of PHILANTHROPIC

Pronunciation:  `filun'thrâpik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"
  2. [adj]  of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a philanthropic society"
 
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 Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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