English-Thai Dictionary

altruism

N ความ ไม่ เห็นแก่ตัว  ความเห็น แก่ ผู้อื่น  selflessness khwam-mai-hen-kae-tua

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALTRUISM

Al "tru *ism, n. Etym: [F. altruisme (a word of Comte's ), It. altrui of or to others, fr. L. alter another. ]

 

Defn: Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness. [Recent ] J. S. Mill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

altruism

al tru ism |ˈaltro͞oˌizəm ˈælˌtruˌɪzəm | ▶noun the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others: some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism. • Zoology behavior of an animal that benefits another at its own expense. DERIVATIVES al tru ist noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French altruisme, from Italian altrui ‘somebody else, ’ from Latin alteri huic ‘to this other. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

altruism

altruism |ˈaltrʊɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. • Zoology behaviour of an animal that benefits another at its own expense. DERIVATIVES altruist noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French altruisme, from Italian altrui ‘somebody else ’, from Latin alteri huic ‘to this other ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

altruism

altruism noun they supported the measures not out of altruism but out of self-interest: unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial; consideration, compassion, kindness, goodwill, decency, nobility, public-spiritedness; generosity, magnanimity, liberality, open-handedness, free-handedness, big-heartedness, lavishness, benevolence, beneficence, philanthropy, humanitarianism, charity, charitableness; literary bounty, bounteousness. ANTONYMS selfishness.

 

Duden Dictionary

Altruismus

Al t ru is mus , Al tru is mus Substantiv, maskulin bildungssprachlich , der |Altru i smus |der Altruismus; Genitiv: des Altruismus französisch altruisme, zu lateinisch alter = der andere selbstlose Denk- und Handlungsweise; Uneigennützigkeit

 

French Dictionary

altruisme

altruisme n. m. nom masculin Disposition bienveillante pour autrui. SYNONYME bienveillance ; charité .

 

Spanish Dictionary

altruismo

altruismo nombre masculino Tendencia a procurar el bien de las personas de manera desinteresada, incluso a costa del interés propio .SINÓNIMO filantropía .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xix ) del francés altruisme , derivado culto de autrui ‘otra persona, los demás ’, del latín alter ‘otro ’. Probablemente, el término francés fue creado por Auguste Comte (s. xviii ) sobre el modelo de égoïsme ‘egoísmo ’ como antónimo de este (V. egoísmo ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

altruism

al tru ism /ǽltruɪ̀z (ə )m /名詞 1 U 利他主義 [精神 ](↔egoism ).2 C 利他的行為 .á l tru ist 名詞 C 利他主義者 (↔egotist ).à l tru í s tic 形容詞 利他 (主義 )の (↔egotistic , selfish ).à l tru í s ti cal ly 副詞 利他的に .