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do-goodery

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The supposedly helpful activities of a do-gooder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2010 By Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee. P.5 Emissions Performance Standards Professor Gibbins: It would do if the EPS was applied properly to biomass. With large-scale biomass at the moment we are seeing some travesties of environmental do-goodery, in fact, because we are seeing 295 MW biomass plants being built...

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History

Etymology

From do-gooder + -ery.