altru ist

[Fr. altruiste.] One who practises altruism. al-trû-is-tic, a . [From Eng. altruism (q. v.). A word framed like altruism by M. Comte, and adopted with high approval by Herbert Spencer, to expre an antithesis to Egoistic .] Benevolent, beneficent. [EGO-ALTRUISTIC.] Herbert Spencer: Psychol. (1881), vol. ii., § 524. ǎl-trú-ist-ic-al-lý, adv . [Eng. altruistic; -al, -ly .] In a benevolent manner; with care for the interests of others. (H. Spencer: Data of Ethics , § 73.)