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  1. do-gooder love

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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A naive idealist who supports philanthropic or humanitarian causes or reforms.

Wiktionary

  1. n. derogatory One who advocates or performs what they believe to be the morally superior course of action, even in the face of overwhelming experience or factual evidence that its effect is only irrelevant or harmful.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms

Etymologies

  1. From do + good + -er. (Wiktionary)

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