heartware

English:

heart

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hardware

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noun

  1. social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and cultural needs and sensitivities (especially as opposed to 'hardware' such as infrastructure and other physical things); feelings of affection, charity, love for one's country, loyalty, etc.
  2. While her sister social service agencies focus their efforts on the ground, MSF focuses on building the “heartware” for the social service ... putting forth policies, community infrastructure, programmes and services, which have a focus on families, social services and social safety nets.

    — 2017 February, Geralyne Kaye Ong. Brightsparks, "Building the “Heartware” for Singaporeans". https://brightsparks.com.sg/magazine/February-2017/feature/msf/building-the-heartware-for-singaporeans.php

    We cannot expect children to develop a sense of rootedness to our nation or an appreciation for Singapore’s history and heritage if legislation and public policy appears to do just the opposite. It is hypocritical to ask that they choose heartware over hardware when they see the burial ground of Singaporean pioneers demolished to make way for a new road and public housing.

    — 2012 August 22, Serene Koh. IPS Commons, "Heartware vs Hardware – Lets Start With The Children". https://ipscommons.sg/heartware-vs-hardware-lets-start-with-the-children/