Talk:Altruist

Altruist is a person or thing. Ism is the act of doing something or following a pattern.

'Altruist' is someone who performs or advocated 'altruism'.

It does not specify the motive for advocating altruism and thus may not in itself be an act of 'altruism'

See http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Altruist  in the 'Altruism in politics' section  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.138.207 (talk) 03:59, 22 September 2013 (UTC)