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Webster 1913 Edition

Altruism

Al′tru-ism

,

Noun.

[F.

altruisme

(a word of Comte’s), It.

altrui

of or to others, fr. L.

alter

another.]

Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; – opposed to

egoism

or

selfishness

.

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J. S. Mill.