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单词 do-goodery
释义

do-gooderyn.

Brit. /ˌduːˈɡʊd(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌduˈɡʊdəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English to do good , -ery suffix.
Etymology: < to do good (see do v. 4a(b)) + -ery suffix. Compare earlier do-goodism n., do-gooding n.
Usually with disparaging implication: the action or fact of doing good, or trying to do good. Cf. do-gooding n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > unrealistic philanthropism
do-goodism1943
do-goodery1959
1959 Kenyon Rev. Spring 307 Current intellectual fashion..could say that one more step would land him in..maudlin do-goodery.
1968 N. Marsh Clutch of Constables i. 13 Let us examine my philanthropy. Or rather, since I have no distaste for colloquialism, my dogoodery.
1980 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 11/1 Flashes of the mad genius..occasionally peep out from under the do-goodery.
1998 J. White Diary Darren Tackle 177 End of the charity week, four days of relentless dogoodery.
2006 C. Patten Cousins & Strangers ix. 235 There is something dismally repellent about philanthropy and international do-goodery divorced from real human relations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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