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Meaning of "public-spirited" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUBLIC-SPIRITED

public-spirited play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUBLIC-SPIRITED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Public-Spirited is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PUBLIC-SPIRITED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of public-spirited in the English dictionary

The definition of public-spirited in the dictionary is having or showing active interest in public welfare or the good of the community.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUBLIC-SPIRITED

public television
public transport
public utility
public weal
public welfare
public works
public-address system
public-interest group
public-liability insurance
public-service corporation
publically
publican
publication
publication date
publicise
publicist
publicity
publicity agency
publicity agent
publicity campaign

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUBLIC-SPIRITED

accredited
dispirited
excited
free-spirited
high-spirited
inherited
invited
limited
low-spirited
mean-spirited
merited
poor-spirited
spirited
suited
united
unlimited
unmerited
unsolicited
unspirited
well-merited

Synonyms and antonyms of public-spirited in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUBLIC-SPIRITED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «public-spirited» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of public-spirited

Translation of «public-spirited» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUBLIC-SPIRITED

Find out the translation of public-spirited to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of public-spirited from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «public-spirited» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

热心公益
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cívico
570 millions of speakers

English

public-spirited
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सार्वजनिक उत्साही
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بين القطاعين العام و الحماسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

общественник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de espírito público
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লোকহিতকর মনোবৃত্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à l´esprit civique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat awam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gemeinsinn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

公共心のある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공공 분방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Semangat umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tinh thần công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது உற்சாகமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वजनिक उत्साही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kamu yararını düşünen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di senso civico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

publiczno- porywający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

громадський працівник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

public- spirited
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινωφελείς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

openbare -spirited
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

invånarnas civilkurage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

offentlig -spirited
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of public-spirited

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC-SPIRITED»

The term «public-spirited» is regularly used and occupies the 59.512 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC-SPIRITED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «public-spirited» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «public-spirited» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about public-spirited

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4 QUOTES WITH «PUBLIC-SPIRITED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word public-spirited.
1
Joseph Pulitzer
An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.
2
George Stephanopoulos
The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a stupid, selfish and self-destructive manner?
3
Clive Thompson
If you, or any public-spirited programmer, wanted to figure out what the software on your machine is really doing, tough luck. It's illegal to reverse engineer the source code of commercial software to find out how it works.
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUBLIC-SPIRITED»

Discover the use of public-spirited in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to public-spirited and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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London Saturday Journal...
THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED MAN.~>/^ It is not easy to define this gentleman with perfect precision — .we mean with reference to the particular line of conduct which procures him the flattering distinction pointed at in the title of our paper. Generally ...
‎1840
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The Search for Political Community: American Activists ...
STUDYING POLITICAL COMMITMENT Commitment: political and public-spirited The kind of commitment that theorists argue about in the above debates is both political and public-spirited; hence my use of the phrase "public, political ...
Paul Lichterman, 1996
3
Human Rights In A Changing World
SAL-PIL can be initiated by any public spirited person or group on behalf of any person or persons who because of any socio-economic disability cannot come before the court or where the right which is violated is a 'diffused' right. Thus only a ...
P Sukumar Nair, 2011
4
Corporate Governance and Directors' Liabilities: Legal, ...
b) Benevolence and Public-Spirited Activities Apart from this basis for external representation on the board of directors is another, which is related to the philanthropic activities of Minneapolis corporations, or the family-based corporations that ...
Klaus J. Hopt, Gunther Teubner, 1985
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Transportation Design Considerations: Selections from the ...
We come next to the public-spirited groups, which are in a sense the keepers of our consciences. They should, as they have been doing so well, make fundamental studies of public goals in transportation, and see how their research results ...
‎1961
6
States and Markets: A Primer in Political Economy
Or they may just act as economic actors are assumed to do, motivated simply by consumption and leisure. Rulers may be public spirited because all individuals are public spirited when they function in the public, as opposed to the private, ...
Adam Przeworski, 2003
7
Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional ...
Or this will be the case if the fostering of a public-spirited citizenry has succeeded . In the electoral arena, however, and in the world of mobilizing citizen opinion, matters are likely to be different. Here it will be easier for party leaders to look the  ...
Stephen L. Elkin, 2006
8
Capitalism and Citizenship: The Impossible Partnership
In doing so, it begins to approach an understanding of what exactly it was about late eighteenth-century western Europe that enabled the emergence of a novel form of collective action which was, in some notable respects, public-spirited.
Kathryn Dean, 2012
9
Public Schools for the Middle Classes
The least public-spirited families of the least public- spirited constituencies naturally got the lion's share of patronage under the old system. For an ordinary Government appointment, which secured the support of a single influential family of ...
Hugh Fortescue Fortescue (3d Earl), 1864
10
New Public Governance: A Regime-Centered Perspective
Thus, it is essential for councils and boards to adopt deliberative strategies in which local elected officials share governing power with public-spirited citizens engaged in a variety of civic and voluntary associations. Moreover, council and ...
Douglas F. Morgan, Brian J. Cook, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUBLIC-SPIRITED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term public-spirited is used in the context of the following news items.
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Forget That Clown. Our Fantasy List of 2016 Independent Candidates
What other public-spirited, somewhat political celebs, entertainers, captains of industry and Aspen-ish “thought leaders” are out there who might also qualify to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Award for hero who snared thug
Judge Stuart Baker, who gave him the accolade in a private hearing at Preston Crown Court, said “The award was for the witness's bravery and public-spirited ... «Blackpool Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Neighbours tackle Bearpark lightning bolt fire house
Firefighter Ian Moore said the neighbours were very "public-spirited" and helped limit the damage to the house. The property was empty at the time, as the family ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Santa Monica City Council Approves New Airbnb Regulations, Taxes
“There are three ways people are thinking about this: two public-spirited and wrong and the other devious and wrong. The public-spirited supporters of the ban ... «The Heartland Institute, Jun 15»
5
Children 'screamed in terror' as drunken mum crashed car
MAGISTRATES have praised a 'public-spirited' pub-goer who pursued a drunken mother as she drove her terrified children through a town and crashed her car ... «Stoke Sentinel, Apr 15»
6
Dad who caught sex attacker is praised
Judge Christopher Harvey Clark QC praised their actions, saying: "The behaviour of Mr Blomfield and the two taxi drivers was extremely public-spirited. «Cornish Guardian, Mar 15»
7
Public-spirited Kingston Lacy Cricket Club receives community award
MEMBERS of a public-spirited cricket team who bounced back after a car drove over their green have been given an award. Kingston Lacy Cricket Club was ... «Bournemouth Echo, Dec 14»
8
Singapore police commend trio for brave public-spirited acts during …
(From left) Mr Wilson Benedict Lim, Mr Mohamed Nazir Abdul Rahiman and Dr Jacqueline Yam with Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Daniel Tan, ... «Malay Mail Online, Dec 14»
9
The Chicago Friends of Barack: Public-spirited Liberals or …
As I recall, rather than being a sinister plan, Liberals supported moving minorities out to the suburbs because it was thought that concentrating them in city slums ... «VDARE.com, Oct 14»
10
Solving Immigration: It Need Not Be So Difficult
But those kind of people -- sensible, public-spirited problem solvers -- don't have much influence in the nation's capital these days. Washington has become the ... «RealClearPolitics, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Public-Spirited [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/public-spirited>. Apr 2024 ».
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