cooperative spirit
Shared helpful attitude
Cooperative spirit is a willingness to work together toward shared goals, setting aside individual interests for collective benefit.
It implies good faith, mutual support, and a readiness to compromise: The project succeeded because everyone brought a cooperative spirit to the table.
The phrase often appears in contexts where collaboration isn't guaranteed but would help—negotiations, team efforts, community endeavors.
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- empathySharing another's emotions
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- working togetherActing in concert
- community engagementActive local participation
partnership · team player · mutual aid · lending a hand · paying it forward · synergy · collective action · altruism · generosity · good neighbor · social harmony · humility · solidarity · shared purpose · common ground · trust · consensus-building · esprit de corps
cooperative spiritselfishness
Excessive concern for oneself
self-interest · egoism · greed · self-centeredness · looking out for number one
cooperative spiritrivalry
Ongoing contest between opponents
antagonism · competitiveness · hostility · combativeness · cutthroat mentality
cooperative spiritobstructionism
Deliberate impeding of progress
non-cooperation · uncooperativeness · defiance · recalcitrance · stonewalling
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