"altruist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæltɹu.ɪst/, /ˈɔːltɹu.ɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-altruist.wav Forms: altruists [plural]
Etymology: See altruism. Head templates: {{en-noun}} altruist (plural altruists)
  1. A person showing altruism. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: philanthropist Derived forms: effective altruist, nonaltruist Related terms: altruism, altruistic Translations (person imbued with altruism): алтруи́ст (altruíst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), алтруи́стка (altruístka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), altruista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), altruista [masculine] (Czech), altruist [common-gender] (Danish), altruisti (Finnish), altruiste [feminine, masculine] (French), altruísta [feminine, masculine] (Galician), αλτρουιστής (altrouistís) [masculine] (Greek), altruista (Hungarian), altruisto (Ido), altruist [masculine] (Norwegian), altruista [masculine] (Polish), altruistka [feminine] (Polish), altruísta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), альтруи́ст (alʹtruíst) [masculine] (Russian), альтруи́стка (alʹtruístka) [feminine] (Russian), алтруист [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), altruist [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), altruista [masculine] (Slovak), altruista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), altruist [common-gender] (Swedish), altrüist (Turkish), альтруї́ст (alʹtrujíst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), альтруї́стка (alʹtrujístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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