do-gooder
nounEtymology From do good + -er.
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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.
- I was hopping along, minding my own business. All of a sudden, up he comes, cures me. One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! “You're cured mate.” Bloody do-gooder.1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Ex-Leper (Michael Palin):
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- That distress call we never received, it was logged with HQ. By some anonymous, piece-o'-shit do-gooder aboard this ship.2015 November 23, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, “Dulcinea”, in The Expanse, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Captain McDowell:
- Derived terms
- do-gooderism, do-goodery