do-goodism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of do-goodism
First recorded in 1950–55; do-good(er) + -ism
Example Sentences
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This wasn’t social worker do-goodism, nor ideological advocacy, rather it was a practical approach based on overwhelming empirical evidence.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024
Although lampooning such do-goodism would have been easy, “Crossroads” lets the chaff and the wheat grow together.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021
The unintended consequences of do-goodism by cultural illiterates.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018
But in the case of French Spy Georges Pa�ques, the motive was sheer do-goodism, complicated by a dash of intellectual vanity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Glenn Ford is a believable symbol of two-fisted do-goodism; Louis Calhern captures that special look of secret decay that can come from breathing chalk dust for 30 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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