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Discover LudwigThe word "public-spirited" is correct and can be used in written English
It is used to describe someone who is willingly and enthusiastically engaged in activities or projects for the benefit and welfare of the community. For example, "John was a public-spirited individual who volunteered to clean up the local park every week."
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public-spirited
adjective
Having personal motivation toward the betterment of the public.
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Out with ambulance-chasing lawyers who chill the spirits of the public-spirited and entrepreneurial.
"More public-spirited pigs".
That was pretty public-spirited.
This program is public-spirited.
He seems public-spirited.
"I'm not a public-spirited citizen.
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"But he is genuinely public spirited".
America as a whole used to be more public spirited.
But public spirited, he also wanted to heal the world directly.
"You committed a crime," reminds the more public spirited, though perhaps less enlightened officer.
Those elites can be public-spirited and responsible or they can be selfish and shortsighted.
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