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philanthropy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Philanthropy  \Phi*lan"thro*py\,  n.  [L.  philanthropia,  Gr  ?:  cf 
  F.  philanthropie.] 
  Love  to  mankind;  benevolence  toward  the  whole  human  family; 
  universal  good  will  desire  and  readiness  to  do  good  to  all 
  men;  --  opposed  to  misanthropy.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  philanthropy 
  n  :  voluntary  promotion  of  human  welfare  [syn:  {philanthropic 
  gift}] 




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