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do-goodism

American

[doo-good-iz-uhm] / ˈdu gʊdˌɪz əm /

Also do-gooderism

noun

the actions or principles of a do-gooder.

Etymology

Origin of do-goodism

First recorded in 1950–55; do-good(er) + -ism

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