do-gooder

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do-gooder

noun do-gooders · dogooder

derogatory One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority. Prohibition in the United States was an unsuccessful attempt by do-gooders to save people from the dangers of alcohol, whether they wanted to be saved or not.

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noun one who has a conviction of their own moral superiority

Español	buenista
Português	cidadão de bem
Deutsch	Gutmensch, Weltverbesserer, Weltverbesserin
Italiano	buonista

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@misc{do_gooder_2026,
  title = {do-gooder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do-gooder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}