Meaning Of The Word Do-gooder

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do-gooder
countable noun: If you describe someone as a do-gooder, you mean that they do things which they think will help other people, although you think that they are interfering.

do-gooder in American English
a person who seeks to correct social ills in an idealistic, but usually impractical or superficial, way
noun: a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer

do-gooder in British English
noun: a well-intentioned person, esp a naive or impractical one

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