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public-spirited Definition

public-spirited (pub′lik spir′it id)

adjective

having or showing zeal for the public welfare

public-spirited Synonyms

public-spirited

modif.

altruistic, humanitarian, openhanded; see generous 1.

public-spirited Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • citizen: A letter to the press complains about the rubbish being left by left than public-spirited citizens in the area.
  • action: Yet Gina Dowding, instead of being praised for her public-spirited action, still faced a disciplinary tribunal.
  • effort: Some companies like to promote the charitable and public-spirited efforts of their staff.
  • benefactor: Then he appears as a popular and progressive provost of Kirkwall, and as a public-spirited benefactor of the town.
  • gesture: These public-spirited gestures encouraged a series of bequests and gifts, which form the core of the Museumâs collection of pictures.
  • member: PACT Panels empower public-spirited members of the community to define some local policing priorities, in partnership with local officers.

Modifying Another Word

however: Without shareholders, there is little to give Network Rail an incentive to pull its socks up, however public-spirited its 114 members are.