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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. generous in assistance to the poor;
- Example: "a benevolent contributor"
- Example: "eleemosynary relief"
- Example: "philanthropic contributions"
[syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]

2. of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy;
- Example: "a philanthropic society"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical
\Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.]
   Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by
   philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic
   enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

philanthropic
    adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
           contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
           contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent,
           eleemosynary, philanthropic]
    2: of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a
       philanthropic society"