public-spirited

English

Adjective

public-spirited (comparative more public-spirited, superlative most public-spirited)

1. Having personal motivation toward the betterment of the public.

   Synonym: public-hearted

   • 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Sweaters of Jewtown”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 134:

     For the young this device has proved most excellent under the wise management of the United Hebrew Charities, an organization that gathers to its work the best thought and effort of many of our most public-spirited citizens.

Derived terms

• public-spiritedly
• public-spiritedness

Translations

having personal motivation toward the betterment of the public — see also having personal motivation toward the betterment of the public

• Hungarian: önzetlen (hu), a közjóért küzdő