1. do-gooding - Noun
2. do-gooding - Adjective
do-gooding (not comparable)
(derogatory) Advocating or performing a supposed morally superior course of action, even in the face of overwhelming experience or factual evidence that its effect is only irrelevant or harmful.
do-gooding (uncountable)
(derogatory) The actions or attitudes of a do-gooder.
Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia - the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death...before they breed more hemophiliacs. Robert A. Heinlein