Definitions for altruist

altruist al·tru·ist

Spelling: [al-troo-ist]
IPA: /ˈæl tru ɪst/

Altruist is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in altruist (ailrsttu).

Definitions for altruist

noun

  1. a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).

Origin of altruist

1865-70; French altruiste; see altruism, -ist

Examples for altruist

On our knees the egotist must die, and the altruist be born.

But both egoist and altruist are philosophical abstractions.

In the pastor Sudermann attempts to paint the altruist in action.

In point of fact, of course, he is no more an altruist than any other healthy mammal.

To be the altruist, one must first be the egoist (say the philosophers), to give, one must first have.

Thus Godwin was rationalist, altruist, anarchist, and non-resister.

They do not believe, and they tell you bluntly they do not believe, any man who claims to be an altruist.

I like to think there's even a good deal of the altruist in me.

He was an altruist, and he loved others better than himself.

If I had your altruist emotional temperament, I should not hesitate for a moment.

Word Value for altruist
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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