greater good

English

Noun

greater good

The benefit of the public, of more people than oneself.
for the greater good

Translations

benefit of the public

Finnish: yhteinen hyvä
Hebrew: טובת הכלל
Hindi: अधिक से अधिक अच्छे (adhik se adhik acche)
Japanese: より大きな善
Korean: 더 좋은 (deo jo'eun)
Polish: dobro wspólne n
Portuguese: bem maior m
Russian: о́бщее бла́го n (óbščeje blágo)
Spanish: bien común m
Swedish: gemensamma bästa n

See also

common good

Further reading

“the greater good” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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