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effective altruists

effective altruists is the plural of effective altruist.

Meaning of effective altruist

Noun

effective altruist (plural effective altruists)

  1. A proponent of effective altruism ("a philosophy and social movement that advocates the use of evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to benefit others").
    • At the very least, effective altruists believe that our existing animal charity is misplaced: The vast majority of it goes to shelters, yet according to the EA organization Animal Charity Evaluators, in 2019, for every one animal euthanized in a shelter in the United States, approximately 6,428...2020 September 23, Zachary Pincus-Roth, “The Rise of the Rational Do-Gooders”, in The Washington Post

Questions about effective altruists

What is effective altruists the plural of?
Effective altruists is the plural of effective altruist.

Words near effective altruists in the dictionary

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