public-spirited

Speech parts

1. public-spirited - Adjective

2. public-spirited - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.

Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

beneficent good liberal humane kind understanding warm friendly sympathetic humanitarian helpful generous charitable loving benign
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Antonyms

cavalier base assured cruel selfish arrogant
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Examples

The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a stupid, selfish and self-destructive manner? George Stephanopoulos

An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. Joseph Pulitzer

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men. Xun Zi

To be public-spirited and belong to no party, to move without being bound to any given course, to take things as they come. Anthony de Mello

There is a possibility of fresh talent coming to work for the government. Millennials are the most public-spirited generation since the 1960s. There is an opportunity to harness that generation and make government service cool again. Tim O'Reilly

We do not credit to the ideal of religious freedom when we talk as though religious belief is something of which public-spirited adults should be ashamed. Stephen L. Carter

Close letter words and terms

public-relations exercise public-sector housing public-service corporation public-spiritedly public-spiritedness publical