From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphilanthropyphi‧lan‧thro‧py /fəˈlænθrəpi/ noun [uncountable] GIVEthe practice of giving money and help to people who are poor or in trouble
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philanthropy• All that development and philanthropy disguised hard commercial policies.• A minority or Liberals attacked the principle of state welfare, arguing that the state should rather encourage self-help and philanthropy.• And I began to discover that his philanthropy was no longer casual now, but constant and systematic.• The myth of philanthropy is quickly discredited by a realistic look at how older people lead their lives.• If it had been only philanthropy, would it have felt like it did?• Born and raised in San Francisco, the 71-year-old Rosenberg has been preaching philanthropy his entire adult life.Origin philanthropy (1600-1700) Late Latin philanthropia, from Greek, from phil- ( → PHILANDERER) + anthropos “human being” 