Example sentences for: altruism

How can you use “altruism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As we've seen, the genes that sponsor it flourished by encouraging an "altruism" that was, in fact, self-serving at the genetic level (the inexorable triumph of Loving Bob's genes).

  • "Until now, we have always depended strictly on altruism."

  • When Representative Bill Thomas tells Capitol Gang pundits that Republican apostate Michael Forbes, D-N.Y., switched parties just to get media attention, Mark Shields says, "Let's not pretend that altruism is an operative principle in politics all of a sudden, Bill.

  • There should be a little altruism in everyone's life," McCurry said, "and a few stock options."

  • In the case of altruism directed toward close relatives, we know that circumstances were indeed so conducive: Throughout human evolution, people were reared a) near close relatives; and b) near people who weren't close relatives.


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