do-gooder
See also: dogooder
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]do-gooder (plural do-gooders)
- (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.
- 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Ex-Leper (Michael Palin):
- 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.
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[edit]one who has a conviction of their own moral superiority
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