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)
• 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)