Antonyms for altruist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : al-troo-ist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl tru ɪst


Definition of altruist

Origin :
  • 1842, from French; see altruism + -ist.
  • As in philanthropist : noun humanitarian
  • As in benefactor : noun donor
  • As in giver : noun donor
  • As in do-gooder : noun idealist
  • As in donor : noun giver of gift
  • As in humanitarian : noun person who gives generously
Example sentences :
  • To be the altruist, one must first be the egoist (say the philosophers), to give, one must first have.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • If I had your altruist emotional temperament, I should not hesitate for a moment.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • On our knees the egotist must die, and the altruist be born.
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
  • In point of fact, of course, he is no more an altruist than any other healthy mammal.
  • Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan
  • In the pastor Sudermann attempts to paint the altruist in action.
  • Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
  • But both egoist and altruist are philosophical abstractions.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of a Disappointed Man » by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion
  • They do not believe, and they tell you bluntly they do not believe, any man who claims to be an altruist.
  • Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee
  • Thus Godwin was rationalist, altruist, anarchist, and non-resister.
  • Extract from : « William Blake » by Charles Gardner
  • He was an altruist, and he loved others better than himself.
  • Extract from : « An Outline of Russian Literature » by Maurice Baring
  • I like to think there's even a good deal of the altruist in me.
  • Extract from : « The Old Die Rich » by Horace Leonard Gold

Synonyms for altruist

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