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do-gooding

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
do--good-ing
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Derogatory

noun

The actions or attitudes of a do-gooder.

Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

From do good + -ing.

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Questions

What does do-gooding mean?
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.
Where does do-gooding come from?
From do good + -ing.

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