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public-spirited

[puhb-lik-spir-i-tid]

adjective

  1. having or showing an unselfish interest in the public welfare.

    a public-spirited citizen.



public-spirited

adjective

  1. having or showing active interest in public welfare or the good of the community

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • public-spiritedness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of public-spirited1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Example Sentences

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Those results suggest that ordinary citizens, in small groups composed of representative samples, can make sound, fact-based decisions — at the same public-spirited level that James Madison sought to ensure in his design of the U.S.

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The production, scrupulously directed by David Cromer, is deeply moving in its public-spirited vision.

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It’s the sine qua non of public-spirited medical options, and it’s our shame and misfortune that it has been redefined by the Paxtons of this world as a strictly personal choice.

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His suggestion that an army of “public-spirited volunteers” could act as essentially Wikipedia editors for social media falsehoods is a good one.

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In his research, Answer Man came across two other only-in-D.C. games, though they were not as public-spirited as Metro Mania.

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