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Definition of Philanthropic
1. Adjective. Generous in assistance to the poor. "Philanthropic contributions"
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy. "A philanthropic society"
Definition of Philanthropic
1. a. Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.
Definition of Philanthropic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Philanthropic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philanthropic
Literary usage of Philanthropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-Book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"The first of these was the stage in which schools were supplied chiefly by private
voluntary enterprise, from motives of religious and philanthropic ..."
2. A Text-book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"philanthropic-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS FOR EDUCATION. — The growth of the systems of
public schools, now supported by all advanced nations, has been along two ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"Some Economic Issues in regard to Charitable or philanthropic Trading. By CS LOCH.
philanthropic trading is, for the purposes of this paper, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The greater part of philanthropic work, however, is done by public agencies. ...
It thus becomes evident that the conditions of philanthropic work in ..."
5. Catalogue by North Carolina. University, Newburyport, Newburyport Public library, Public library (1898)
"THE DIALECTIC AND philanthropic LITERARY SOCIETIES. The Dialectic and philanthropic
Literary Societies were organized in 1795, the year of the opening of ..."
6. Report of the Proceedings (1902)
"In many of their applications to children they touch each other closely; and it
is seldom that philanthropic action of the highest kind is applied to the ..."
7. The Free School Idea in Virginia Before the Civil War: A Phase of Political by William Arthur Maddox (1918)
"Even in New England such schools were primarily voluntary enterprises, impelled
by the philanthropic-religious spirit; for though Calvinism vaguely ..."
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