Word info

do-gooding

Speech parts

1. do-gooding - Noun

2. do-gooding - Adjective

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia - the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death...before they breed more hemophiliacs. Robert A. Heinlein

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