PHILANTHROPIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does philanthropic mean? 

• PHILANTHROPIC (adjective)
  The adjective PHILANTHROPIC has 2 senses:

1. generous in assistance to the poor

2. of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy

  Familiarity information: PHILANTHROPIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILANTHROPIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Generous in assistance to the poor

Synonyms:

beneficent; benevolent; eleemosynary; philanthropic

Context example:

philanthropic contributions

Similar:

charitable (full of love and generosity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a philanthropic society

Pertainym:

philanthropy (voluntary promotion of human welfare)

Derivation:

philanthropy (voluntary promotion of human welfare)

 Context examples 

Believe me, they are not only natural, they are philanthropic and virtuous.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

She thought she was merely interested in him as an unusual type possessing various potential excellencies, and she even felt philanthropic about it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And so you shall, like an angel as you are! cried Laurie, resolving, with a glow of philanthropic zeal, to found and endow an institution for the express benefit of young women with artistic tendencies.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Benevolent, philanthropic man!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)