philanthropy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++phi·lan·thro·py /fəˈlænθrəpi/ noun [uncountable] GIVEthe practice of giving money and help to people who are poor or in trouble 慈善行为
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philanthropy• All that development and philanthropy disguised hard commercial policies.• A minority or Liberals attacked the principle of state welfare, arguing that the state should rather encourage self-help and philanthropy.• And I began to discover that his philanthropy was no longer casual now, but constant and systematic.• The myth of philanthropy is quickly discredited by a realistic look at how older people lead their lives.• If it had been only philanthropy, would it have felt like it did?• Born and raised in San Francisco, the 71-year-old Rosenberg has been preaching philanthropy his entire adult life.Origin philanthropy (1600-1700) Late Latin philanthropia, from Greek, from phil- ( → PHILANDERER) + anthropos “human being”phi·lan·thro·py nounChineseSyllable
to who help people Corpus practice of and money the are giving
philanthropy
phi‧lan‧thro‧py /fəˈlænθrəpi, fɪˈlænθrəpi/
noun [uncountable]
phi‧lan‧thro‧py /fəˈlænθrəpi, fɪˈlænθrəpi/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Latin
Origin: philanthropia, from Greek, from phil- ( ⇨ philanderer) + anthropos 'human being'
the practice of giving money and help to people who are poor or in trouble
Language: Late Latin
Origin: philanthropia, from Greek, from phil- ( ⇨ philanderer) + anthropos 'human being'