do-gooder
/D UW1 G UH0 D ER0/noun
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One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.
“Prohibition in the United States was an unsuccessful attempt by do-gooders to save people from the dangers of alcohol, whether they wanted to be saved or not.”
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