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Adjective: philanthropic  `fi-lun'thró-pik
  1. Generous in assistance to the poor
    "philanthropic contributions"
    - beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary
     
  2. Of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy
    "a philanthropic society"

See also: charitable, philanthropically, philanthropy

Encyclopedia: Philanthropic