C1adjectiveformalrelationshipssociety
US/ˌæl.truˈɪs.tɪk/
UK/ˌæl.truˈɪs.tɪk/
caring about other people's happiness and wellbeing more than your own
In context
Her decision to donate a kidney to a stranger was truly altruistic.
Not everyone who volunteers has purely altruistic motives.
Scientists study why some animals show altruistic behavior toward others.
Words that go with altruistic
adjective + noun
- altruistic behaviorEven young children show altruistic behavior, such as sharing food.
- altruistic motivesI doubt the company had altruistic motives for its donation.
- altruistic actGiving blood is a simple altruistic act that saves lives.
- altruistic reasonsShe became a nurse for altruistic reasons, not for the money.
adverb + adjective
- purely altruisticHis offer to help was not purely altruistic.
- truly altruisticIs any action ever truly altruistic?