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单词 philanthropism
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philanthropismn.

Brit. /fᵻˈlanθrəpɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /fəˈlænθrəˌpɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: philanthrope n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < philanthrope n. + -ism suffix. Compare French philantropisme (1842), Italian filantropismo (1798). Compare earlier philanthropia n., philanthropy n. and slightly earlier misanthropism n.
The profession or practice of philanthropy; a philanthropic theory or system.
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philanthropia1608
philanthropy1623
philanthropism1835
humanism1836
Samaritanism1843
humanitarianism1850
humanitas1944
1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 102 A time of Tithe Controversy, Encyclopedism, Catholic Rent, Philanthropism, and the Revolution of Three Days!
a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) I. 301 The more enlightened philanthropism of England resorts to the formation of charitable societies, to district-visiting, distribution of tracts.
1901 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Inheritors x. 145 I had regarded him as a rather tiresome person in whom a pompous philanthropism took the place of human feelings.
1934 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 33 150 Unfortunately these ‘friends’ of African education, despite their paternalism and philanthropism, are humans.
2003 Times (Nexis) 15 Dec. (Sport section) 35 The late 18th-century cotton industrialist campaigned to improve not only the conditions in his mills but extended his philanthropism to the social lives of his workers by introducing evening lectures and concerts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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