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Do-gooder

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Noun

1. do-gooder, humanitarian, improver

someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Do-gooder

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noun
informal, usually derogatory
a well-intentioned person, esp a naive or impractical one

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Do-gooder

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noun
Informal
a person who seeks to correct social ills in an idealistic, but usually impractical or superficial, way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Do-gooder

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n.
A naive idealist who supports philanthropic or humanitarian causes or reforms.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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