philanthropic

English

Etymology

From French philanthropique.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

philanthropic (comparative more philanthropic, superlative most philanthropic)

1. Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

   a philanthropic enterprise

Synonyms

• generous
• philanthropical
• charitable
• benevolent
• humanitarian
• bighearted
• giving
• goodhearted
• altruistic

Antonyms

• misanthropic
• nasty
• mean
• hateful (of human race)

Translations

of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy

Armenian: բարեգործական (hy) (baregorcakan) Asturian: filantrópicu Belarusian: філантрапі́чны (filantrapíčny) Catalan: filantròpic Chinese: Mandarin: 博爱的 (Bó'ài de), 仁慈的 (Réncí de) Czech: filantropický m Dutch: filantropisch (nl) Esperanto: filantropia (eo) Finnish: filantropinen, hyväntekeväisyys- French: philanthropique (fr) German: philanthropisch (de), menschenfreundlich Hungarian: emberbaráti (hu) Irish: daonchairdiúil Italian: filantropico (it) Japanese: 博愛の, 慈善の, 情け深い Kazakh: адамсүйгіш (adamsüigış) Korean: 인정 많은 (injeong maneun), 인자한 (injahan), 박애의 (bagae'ui), 동포애의 (dongpoae'ui) Latvian: filantropisks Norwegian: Bokmål: filantropisk Nynorsk: filantropisk Occitan: filantropic (oc) Polish: filantropijny (pl) Portuguese: filantrópico (pt) Romanian: filantropic (ro) m or n Russian: филантропи́ческий (ru) (filantropíčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: filàntropskī (sh), čovjekoljùbiv (sh) Spanish: filantrópico (es) Swedish: filantropisk (sv), människoälskande Ukrainian: філантропі́чний (filantropíčnyj) Volapük: menilöfik Welsh: dyngarol (cy)

See also

• altruism
• altruist
• altruistic
• altruistically
• misandry (hatred of males)
• misanthropist
• misanthropy (hatred of human race)
• misogyny (hatred of females)
• philanthropically
• philanthropist
• philanthropy (benevolence towards human race)
• philandry (love of males)
• philogyny (love of females)