"greater good" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "text": "for the greater good",
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        "The benefit of the public, of more people than oneself."
      ],
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        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
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          "more",
          "more"
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        [
          "people",
          "people"
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          "oneself",
          "oneself"
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        {
          "word": "common good"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "word": "yhteinen hyvä"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "word": "טובת הכלל"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "adhik se adhik acche",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "word": "अधिक से अधिक अच्छे"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "word": "より大きな善"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "deo jo'eun",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "word": "더 좋은"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dobro wspólne"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bem maior"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óbščeje blágo",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "о́бщее бла́го"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bien común"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "benefit of the public",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gemensamma bästa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "greater good"
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        "The benefit of the public, of more people than oneself."
      ],
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          "public",
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        [
          "people",
          "people"
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          "oneself",
          "oneself"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "word": "yhteinen hyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "word": "טובת הכלל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhik se adhik acche",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "word": "अधिक से अधिक अच्छे"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "word": "より大きな善"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "deo jo'eun",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "word": "더 좋은"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dobro wspólne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bem maior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óbščeje blágo",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "о́бщее бла́го"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bien común"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "benefit of the public",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gemensamma bästa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "greater good"
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