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Example sentences for: altruistic

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"Portnoy's complaint" is defined on the first page of the novel of that name as "A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature."
It's true that Pierce's "altruistic" impulse is not on par with Travis Bickle's impulse to shave his head and assassinate a presidential candidate, but Schrader and Scorsese don't view his actions with any irony.
"Kin selection" accounts for the evolution of altruistic impulses toward close relatives.
Nobody doubts that we are imperfectly altruistic toward others.
Real Americans, of course--whether from the South, the Midwest or, especially, New York or L.A.--would rather be dead than altruistic.