self-abnegation
- noun
- /ˌsɛlfˌæbnɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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auto-abnegación
- Her self-abnegation was evident when she gave up her promotion to support a colleague's career advancement.
Examples
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Good leaders often engage in self-abnegation, prioritizing the needs of their team over their own desires.
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Olive's marriage to Harold rewards her for years of self-abnegation.
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But she matches her "husband's vast egotism" with self-abnegation.
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Civil war, in which the force of naked coercion is hardly effective, demands of its participants the spirit of supreme self-abnegation.
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According to maternal ideology, "good" mothers engage in acts of self-sacrifice and self-abnegation, always putting the interests of their children before their own.
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EHEs help people learn to let go of their egos, not because self-abnegation is good, but because the larger self that takes the ego's place is filled with calm, peace, joy, laughter, wonder, and delight.
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They showed self-abnegation and saved their brothers, the slaves—who materially suffered more than they did—at the same time saving their enlightened consciences.
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To fetter freedom, Sun declares self-abnegation a virtue, calling for individuals to eliminate all thoughts, habits, and actions not in accordance with compassion for others (ren) and correct principles (yi).
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Acts of self-abnegation can strengthen relationships, as individuals sacrifice their own comfort for the happiness of others.
Synonyms
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3.9
To care more about other people's needs than your own
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4.9
Giving up your own comfort and needs to help other people
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5.7
Choosing not to have something you want for moral, religious, or unselfish reasons
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4.0
Giving up your own needs or comforts for others
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9.9
To give up your comfort to help other people
Giving up your own wants and needs to help other people
Antonyms
How Self-Denying
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-abnegation = self + abnegation (transparent) = self + abnegation
The compound 'self' + 'abnegation' directly denotes denial or renunciation of one's own interests, which follows a straightforward compositional logic.
Etymology
The word self-abnegation comes from self- and abnegation, and abnegation comes from the Latin root negare meaning 'to deny' with ab- meaning 'away'. So self-abnegation literally means 'denying yourself', which explains why it means giving up your own needs or wants for others.