do-gooder

noun

  1. 1

    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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