"greater good" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} greater good
  1. The benefit of the public, of more people than oneself. Related terms: common good Translations (benefit of the public): yhteinen hyvä (Finnish), טובת הכלל (Hebrew), अधिक से अधिक अच्छे (adhik se adhik acche) (Hindi), より大きな善 (Japanese), 더 좋은 (deo jo'eun) (Korean), dobro wspólne [neuter] (Polish), bem maior [masculine] (Portuguese), о́бщее бла́го (óbščeje blágo) [neuter] (Russian), bien común [masculine] (Spanish), gemensamma bästa [neuter] (Swedish)
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