do-gooding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Advocating or performing a supposed morally superior course of action, even in the face of overwhelming experience or factual evidence that its effect is only irrelevant or harmful.
noun
  1. The actions or attitudes of a do-gooder.

Word forms

do-gooding

Etymology

From do good + -ing.

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