Other-regarding
adj.kind, thoughtfulformal
What it means
Concerned with the welfare and needs of other people.
Reach for it when describing choices attentive to other people's welfare and interests
Her other-regarding leadership protected both workers and nearby residents.
Choose between these
6- everyday
personal gain is set aside
not when Selfless can glorify unhealthy self-erasure.
- warm
response to another's suffering matters
not when Compassion is narrower than general regard.
- warm
everyday attention to others' needs is central
not when Consideration can be local and interpersonal.
- professional
another's welfare motivates action
not when Altruism can imply self-sacrifice.
- professional
behavior benefits other people or society
not when Prosocial is technical and describes effect more than motive.
- formal
concern for community welfare leads
not when Public spirit is collective rather than person-specific.
Said against
3- self-regarding
- selfish
- exploitative
It naturally appears in
3- other-regarding behavior
Other-regarding behavior guided the neighbors' water-sharing plan.
- other-regarding values
Her other-regarding values shaped both wages and waste policy.
- genuinely other-regarding
The decision was genuinely other-regarding because affected residents shared control.
Where this comes from
Other-regarding is a specialized ethical term; it should not imply that healthy self-regard and boundaries are wrong.
Other-regarding is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for other and regard, and the definition and example here are written for Other-regarding itself.
- wiktionary, the entry for other, English pronoun, another person or thing sense opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-27
- wiktionary, the entry for regard, English noun, care or consideration sense opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-27
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.