philanthropistic

adjective

philanthropic (pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist).

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Meanings

adjectivephilanthropistic (comparative more philanthropistic, superlative most philanthropistic)

comparative more philanthropistic · superlative most philanthropistic

  1. datedrarephilanthropic (pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist).

    Over the wild-surging chaos, in the leaden air, are only sudden glares of revolutionary lightning; then mere darkness, with philanthropistic phosphorescences, empty meteoric lights[.]

    1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling

Origin

From philanthropist + -ic.

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APA

philanthropistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philanthropistic

MLA

“philanthropistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philanthropistic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philanthropistic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philanthropistic.

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