单词 | do-goodery |
释义 | do-gooderyn. Usually with disparaging implication: the action or fact of doing good, or trying to do good. Cf. do-gooding n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > unrealistic philanthropism do-goodism1943 do-goodery1959 1959 Kenyon Rev. Spring 307 Current intellectual fashion..could say that one more step would land him in..maudlin do-goodery. 1968 N. Marsh Clutch of Constables i. 13 Let us examine my philanthropy. Or rather, since I have no distaste for colloquialism, my dogoodery. 1980 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 11/1 Flashes of the mad genius..occasionally peep out from under the do-goodery. 1998 J. White Diary Darren Tackle 177 End of the charity week, four days of relentless dogoodery. 2006 C. Patten Cousins & Strangers ix. 235 There is something dismally repellent about philanthropy and international do-goodery divorced from real human relations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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