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What is another word for gooders?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈʊdəz] (IPA)

"Gooders" is a somewhat colloquial term that refers to people who are overly concerned with doing good deeds or being morally upright. There are several synonyms for this term that may convey slightly different shades of meaning, depending on the context. Some possible synonyms include "do-gooders," "goody-goodies," "bleeding hearts," "righteous folk," "moralists," and "philanthropists." Each of these words has a slightly different connotation, so it's important to choose which one to use based on the intended meaning. Ultimately, all of these synonyms share the same basic idea of someone who is striving to do good in the world, often to the point of being considered excessive or annoying by others.
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  • The UN is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the U.N. and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right -- you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a drawing they made themselves.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
  • All white men are responsible for white oppression. It is much too easy to say, "Racism is not my fault," or "I am not responsible for the country's inhumanity to the black man. ... But insofar as white do-gooders tolerate and sponsor racism in their educational institutions, their political, economic and social structures, their churches, and in every other aspect of American life, they are directly responsible for racism. ... Racism is possible because whites are indifferent to suffering and patient with cruelty. Karl Jaspers' description of metaphysical guilt is pertinent here. "There exists among men, because they are men, a solidarity through which each shares responsibility for every injustice and every wrong committed in the world, and especially for crimes that are committed in his presence or of which he cannot be ignorant."
    James H. Cone
  • Correct morality can only be derived from what man is — not from what do-gooders and well-meaning aunt Nellies would like him to be.
    Robert A. Heinlein

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