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do-goodism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English do good Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English do-goodism From do good + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The action of a do-gooder.

Forms

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Translations (8)

fr bonnisme (action of a do-gooder) · de Gutmenschentum (action of a do-gooder) · pl dobrodziejstwo (action of a do-gooder) · it buonismo (action of a do-gooder) · ca bonisme (action of a do-gooder) · eu onkeria (action of a do-gooder) · es buenismo (action of a do-gooder) · de Weltverbesserei (action of a do-gooder)