How to Use altruism in a Sentence

altruism

noun

• One prevailing theory behind this explosion of life is that the extreme cold may have prompted the emergence of altruism.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Aug. 2024
• Scientists have known for years that the spatial arrangement of a static population can encourage microbial altruism.
  — Emily Singer, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2013
• The woman then swaps the bowls so the girl has more hot dog than her—altruism at its finest.
  — Amelia Tait, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021
• Is this the altruism of a selfless person and my ego getting in the way?
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2023
• While MacAskill lies in the belly of the big fish, the fate of effective altruism hangs in the balance.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2022
• Epidemics of the past established an ethos of altruism in the U.S.
  — Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
• Is the way to do the most good to destroy effective altruism?
  — Mary Childs, Town & Country, 4 Jan. 2023
• This altruism is the reason many workers choose to migrate abroad in the first place.
  — Laura Caron, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2020
• And it need not be viewed as just a form of corporate altruism.
  — Steve Case, Time, 18 Sep. 2017
• In my story, the altruism of a few special men opened a doorway out of the box money had built.
  — Sophie Strosberg, Parents, 26 Oct. 2023
• One of the most critical mindset shifts for leaders is to move away from the idea of ESG as altruism.
  — Rich Hutchinson, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2022
• One way to do that is to appeal to a child’s natural sense of kindness and altruism.
  — Heather Greenwood Davis, National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2020
• There’s a sense of idealism and altruism, and wanting to make a difference in the world.
  — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
• Her altruism doesn’t stop with her work at Marta’s House.
  — Supattra Namnon, oregonlive, 22 July 2023
• As Popovich likes to point out, this isn’t simply good-hearted altruism.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• Most people who donate their bodies do it out of a sense of altruism.
  — Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 10 June 2019
• In 2017, Chance the Rapper's altruism has been unmatched.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2017
• Do lions reward acts of altruism, like Aesop’s big cat with a thorn in its paw?
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2021
• The premise sounds straightforward: She’s decided to give a kidney to a stranger as an act of altruism.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2023
• To work, such an entity must be built on more than simple altruism of the big for the small, but on self interest.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022
• But, her plan, an utter sham coated in altruism, had worked.
  — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• One example of the widespread altruism in the CCM field is Smith, now an elder statesmen.
  — John Blake, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
• The idea for Jesper came from Pablos' search for the antithesis of Santa, who is a symbol of altruism.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2019
• And that is the beginning of altruism and communal work.
  — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• So far, all of this fits predictions about altruism, although the effects were small.
  — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 24 Oct. 2017
• Philanthropy and altruism are the distinctive traits off the court the NBA has embraced heavily over the years.
  — Karl Bullock, SI.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• The word altruism was coined around 1830 by French philosopher August Comte, as the opposite of egoism.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Apr. 2023
• Gomez has approached the drama with some snark but mostly altruism.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Donated by Loser Steve Smith in a fit of crazed altruism.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
• Now, after those acts of altruism, Schiffmann is launching himself into the AI-o-sphere.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024