do-goodismn.

Brit.

/ˌduːˈɡʊdɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˌduˈɡʊˌdɪzəm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English to do good , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < to do good (see do v. 4a(b)) + -ism suffix. Compare slightly earlier do-gooding n. and later do-goodery n.

With disparaging implication: the action or fact of doing good, or trying to do good, esp. in a misguided way; misguided philanthropy. Cf. do-goodery n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > unrealistic philanthropism

do-goodism1943

do-goodery1959

1943 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 15 Mar. 6/1 The planners in Washington and in other places where chronic do-goodism flourishes already are talking about quarts of milk for every naked heathen in the world.

1958 S. Ellin Eighth Circle (1959) ii. xiii. 141 A decision that reeked of the genteel do-goodism, of the compulsive idealism that..infected people of..[his] class and type.

1960 D. E. Trueblood in W. H. Willimon Serm. from Duke Chapel (2005) 60 The word ‘charity’ has been somewhat debased;..and in our modern language it means practically the same as philanthropy, or ‘do-goodism’.

1989 Spectator 18 Feb. 33/2 The National Trust was infused with that 19th-century do-goodism so derided by Mrs Thatcher's critics.

1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Aug. 4/3 The political mood in the country is schizophrenic, a fickle combination of me-ism and do-goodism.

2007 S. A. Cordery Alice xviii. 385 Alice didn't care for what she saw as Eleanor's kind of preachy, saccharine, do-goodism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	do-goodism
释义	do-goodismn. Brit. /ˌduːˈɡʊdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌduˈɡʊˌdɪzəm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English to do good , -ism suffix. Etymology: < to do good (see do v. 4a(b)) + -ism suffix. Compare slightly earlier do-gooding n. and later do-goodery n. With disparaging implication: the action or fact of doing good, or trying to do good, esp. in a misguided way; misguided philanthropy. Cf. do-goodery n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > unrealistic philanthropism do-goodism1943 do-goodery1959 1943 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 15 Mar. 6/1 The planners in Washington and in other places where chronic do-goodism flourishes already are talking about quarts of milk for every naked heathen in the world. 1958 S. Ellin Eighth Circle (1959) ii. xiii. 141 A decision that reeked of the genteel do-goodism, of the compulsive idealism that..infected people of..[his] class and type. 1960 D. E. Trueblood in W. H. Willimon Serm. from Duke Chapel (2005) 60 The word ‘charity’ has been somewhat debased;..and in our modern language it means practically the same as philanthropy, or ‘do-goodism’. 1989 Spectator 18 Feb. 33/2 The National Trust was infused with that 19th-century do-goodism so derided by Mrs Thatcher's critics. 1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Aug. 4/3 The political mood in the country is schizophrenic, a fickle combination of me-ism and do-goodism. 2007 S. A. Cordery Alice xviii. 385 Alice didn't care for what she saw as Eleanor's kind of preachy, saccharine, do-goodism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1943
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