Usually means: Charitable giving to improve society.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word philanthropy:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. philanthropy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. philanthropy: Merriam-Webster
  3. philanthropy, philanthropy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. philanthropy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. philanthropy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. philanthropy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Philanthropy, philanthropy: Wordnik
  8. philanthropy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. philanthropy: Wiktionary
  10. philanthropy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. philanthropy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. philanthropy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. philanthropy: Dictionary.com
  14. philanthropy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Philanthropy (disambiguation), Philanthropy (film), Philanthropy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Philanthropy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. philanthropy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. philanthropy: Rhymezone
  19. philanthropy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. philanthropy: FreeDictionary.org
  21. philanthropy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. philanthropy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Philanthropy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Philanthropy: Investopedia
  2. philanthropy: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Philanthropy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Philanthropy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (chiefly uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.
noun:  (uncountable) Charitable giving, charity.
noun:  (countable) A philanthropic act.
noun:  (countable) A charitable foundation.

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