public-spiritedness
- a word derived from public-spirited.
Example Sentences
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Commercial speculation is only one lobe of the American story; so too is public-spiritedness, of which there is no better example than Hoover Dam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
For now, a call for public-spiritedness is the indigents’ best hope.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2021
Delegations from the orchestras were able to visit elected officials and demonstrate their public-spiritedness.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 10, 2017
If we were a prescientific society, we would assume that polio is a disease caused by human disagreements and cured by public-spiritedness.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2015
"We quite appreciate your—er—patriotism and public-spiritedness in——" "Here, cut it out," broke in John Dene.
From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George
