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Synonyms for philanthropy
fɪˈlæn θrə piphi·lan·thropy

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Wiktionary4.0 / 4 votes

  1. philanthropynoun

    Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind, especially by charitable giving

    As public funding is reduced, we depend increasingly on private philanthropy.

    Antonyms:
    misanthropy

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 4 votes

  1. philanthropy

    According to the etymology and original usage, beneficence is the doing well, benevolence the wishing or willing well to others; but benevolence has come to include beneficence, and to displace it. We should not now speak of benevolence which did not help, unless where there was no power to help; even then we should rather say good-will or sympathy. Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence. Benignity suggests some occult power of blessing, such as was formerly ascribed to the stars; we may say a good man has an air of benignity. Kindness and tenderness are personal; benevolence and charity are general. Kindness extends to all sentient beings, whether men or animals, in prosperity or in distress. Tenderness especially goes out toward the young, feeble, and needy, or even to the dead. Humanity is so much kindness and tenderness toward man or beast as it would be inhuman not to have; we say of some act of care or kindness, "common humanity requires it." Generosity is self-forgetful kindness in disposition or action; it includes much besides giving; as, the generosity of forgiveness. Bounty applies to ample giving, which on a larger scale is expressed by munificence. Liberality indicates broad, genial kindly views, whether manifested in gifts or otherwise. We speak of the bounty of a generous host, the liberality or munificence of the founder of a college, or of the liberality of a theologian toward the holders of conflicting beliefs. Philanthropy applies to wide schemes for human welfare, often, but not always, involving large expenditures in charity or benevolence. Compare MERCY.

    Synonyms:
    almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, liberality, munificence, sympathy, unselfishness

    Antonyms:
    barbarity, brutality, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

    Preposition:
    Benevolence of, on the part of, or from the wealthy, to or toward the poor.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. philanthropy

    Synonyms:
    humanity, love of mankind, good will to all men, general, benevolence

    Antonyms:
    misanthropy, hatred of men

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. philanthropy, philanthropic giftnoun

    voluntary promotion of human welfare

    Synonyms:
    philanthropic gift

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. philanthropynoun

    Synonyms:
    humanity, love of mankind, general benevolence, good will to all men

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "philanthropy":

    philanthropic, patronage, charity

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How to use philanthropy in a sentence?

  1. Duncan Clark:

    Jack Ma's keen to secure Jack Ma legacy. Jack Ma's not fully exiting the company. But this move is a smart way to leave on a high, to avoid being Icarus you have to... not only avoid flying too close to the sun, but also avoid crashing into the waves. So you have to still be ambitious. In philanthropy, education, environment he has plenty of room to soar yet. Areas where the government will be tolerant if not encouraging.

  2. AMYNE E. QASEM:

    The government won’t say it’s producing rents it’s going to say it’s doing philanthropy

  3. Craig Minassian:

    The Clinton Foundation is a philanthropy, period, as with other global charities, the Clinton Foundation receives the support of individuals, organizations and governments from all over the world because our programs are improving the lives of millions of people.

  4. Mickey Mehta:

    Choose fulfillment over trophy , don't leech away life always... embrace philanthropy & choose evolution over entropy . Going around is life's nature...let giving be the only culture . Let your giving be maximized , your returns will be optimized and you shall get Mickeymized

  5. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Philanthropy is at its best when it is collaborative and inclusive.


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