prosocial
Benefiting others willingly
Prosocial describes behavior that benefits others or society—helping, sharing, cooperating, comforting.
The term appears mainly in psychology and education: prosocial behavior in children, prosocial skills.
It's the opposite of antisocial, though the pairing is slightly awkward since antisocial commonly means unfriendly rather than harmful.
The program encourages prosocial development through group activities.
Prioritizing others over oneself
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- humanitarianismPromoting welfare through compassion
compassion · kindness · volunteerism · donation · charity · giving · benefaction · magnanimity
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- caringShowing kind concern
- concernTroubled interest in something
sensitivity · warmth · kindness · attunement · perspective-taking · responsiveness · supportiveness · gentleness
Joint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
partnership · synergy · alliance · coalition · consensus-building · compromise · negotiation · trust-building
Single portion given
- sharingDividing among others
- cooperatingWorking jointly toward goals
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- donatingGiving freely, expecting nothing
volunteering · civility · courtesy · politeness · turn-taking · fairness · inclusion · defending
Unpaid community assistance
- activismDirect effort for reform
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
collective · participation · stewardship · inclusivity · belonging · ubuntu · communitarian · commons
Wholeness through cohesion
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
bonding · collectivism · interconnectedness · cohesion · kinship · alliance · affiliation
selflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
humanitarianism · compassion · kindness · volunteerism · donation · charity · giving · benefaction · magnanimity · munificence
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- caringShowing kind concern
concern · sensitivity · warmth · kindness · attunement · perspective-taking · responsiveness · supportiveness · gentleness · tenderness
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
coordination · partnership · synergy · alliance · coalition · consensus-building · compromise · negotiation · trust-building · interdependence
helping
Single portion given
- sharingDividing among others
- cooperatingWorking jointly toward goals
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
donating · volunteering · civility · courtesy · politeness · turn-taking · fairness · inclusion · defending · intervening
volunteerism
Unpaid community assistance
- activismDirect effort for reform
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
neighborhood · collective · participation · stewardship · inclusivity · belonging · ubuntu · communitarian · commons · togetherness
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
sisterhood · bonding · collectivism · interconnectedness · cohesion · kinship · alliance · affiliation
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
prosocialantisocial
Averse to socializing
antisocial behavior · misanthropic · malevolent · sociopathic · malicious
prosocialselfish
Concerned only with oneself
egoistic · self-serving · self-interested · egocentric · narcissistic
social, society, associate, sociable, socialism, antisocial, unsocial, asocial, sociological