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    [Noun]  | "al*tru*ism" | \ ˈal-trü-ˌi-zəm \


    1: unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

    2: behavior by an animal that is not beneficial to or may be harmful to itself but that benefits others of its species


    Origin: 1853 ;

     French altruisme, from autrui other people, from Old French, oblique case form of autre other, from Latin alter;

    [Noun]  | "altruism" 


    1: feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness;


      * e.g., " ... charitable acts motivated purely by altruism "





     [ "altruism" ]

    1: The belief that perhaps humans should occasionally give a shit about other humans. See also: Evolutionary adaptations that precipitate the continuation of life in the universe.

      * e.g.,  ... lol, Altruism? Why should I have to pay for someone elses' continued survival? Let natural selection take it's place *lol* (Three-billion years of multicellular evolution for nothing) 

     [ "altruism" ]

    1: the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others

      * e.g.,  ... She has to much altruism. 

     [ "altruism" ]

    1: shit that means badasses doing nice things for a while then going back to being cool and black and stuff.

      * e.g.,  ... The motorcycle gang was in a state of altruism when they painted the old hookers house but then went back to usual by fucking the old mother fuckin bastard. 

     [ "altruism" ]

    1: Paradigm that kindness to a genetically diametric entity will increase language robustness in one's own tribe. This is because increased male inheritance in one's in-group's offspring leads to greater language-variability. Thus: language variability selects pressure for male cooperation.

      * e.g.,  ... Altruism exists because genes loop; genes loop because language loops. Thus genes are based on language... 

     [ "Altruism" ]

    1: the deliberate pursuit of the interests or welfare of others or the public interest.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, that Steve McGuire really hooked us up on Yankee tickets. Talk about altruism! 

     [ "Altruism" ]

    1: Not removing from the gene pool (slowly, painfully) all the back-stabbing a-holes in your life.

      * e.g.,  ... "That *@#!*%#*! back-stabbed me so bad! He/She is lucky I believe in altruism!" revenge betrayal mercy backstab benevolent 

     [ "Toxic Altruism" ]

    1: When one's unsolicited help causes damage.

      * e.g.,  ... She has a terrible habit of intruding to help when not even asked for, which mostly ends in a disaster. That is the definition of toxic altruism. 

     [ "Astro-Altruism" ]

    1: The belief that humans where created and manipulated by extraterrestrials. Other tenets include, "all is one" philosophy, and a disdain for love of self.

      * e.g.,  ... After his visit to the ancient site, he became interested in Astro-Altruism. 

     [ "effective altruism" ]

    1: Monetary fraud that masks itself as altruistic behavior but in reality is just a cover for stealing obscene amounts of money from the ignorant masses and giving the ill-gotten proceeds to Democrat politicians.

      * e.g.,  ... Maxine Waters was so happy with the effective altruism shown to her and her cronies by Sam Bankman Fried (SBF) that she blew him a kiss at the conclusion of a Congressional hearing. 

     [ "Selective altruism" ]

    1: Selective altruism is essentially when someone imprints on one to very few people, and ends up being aggressive to anyone else.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1 “would you stop being such a selective altruist?” Selective altruism at work 

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