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Etymology

From Late Latin philanthropia, from Ancient Greek. The prefixe phil- comes from ο φίλος ("ho philos") - the friend from the verb φίλω ("philo") which means to like oρ to love. -anthropy comes from the noun ανθρώπος ("anthropos") the man, the human.

Noun

Singular philanthropy

Plural countable and uncountable; plural philanthropies

philanthropy (countable and uncountable; plural philanthropies)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. A philanthropic act
    His tombstone lists his various philanthropies.
  3. A charitable foundation
    the Rockefeller philanthropies

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