See altruistic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "алтруистичан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "altruističan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish",
"word": "altruista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish",
"word": "altruistisk"
}
],
"word": "altruistic"
}
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