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prosocial

/prəˈsoʊʃəl/
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Use prosocial to describe something that benefits other people or society in general. Volunteering at your city's soup kitchen is a great example of a prosocial way to spend your weekend.

The phrase prosocial behavior is used by social scientists to describe what you might think of as simply being a good person. Stopping at stop signs, sharing your cookies with a hungry classmate, giving money to charities, and shoveling your neighbor's driveway in the winter are all examples of prosocial actions. This word was coined to be an antonym for antisocial.

Definitions of prosocial
  1. adjective
    relating to positive or helpful behavior that benefits a group of people
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