self-denying
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- adjective
- /ˌsɛlf dɪˈnaɪɪŋ/
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autoabnegado
- The organization is run by self-denying individuals who prioritize community welfare over personal gain.
Examples
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She is known for her self-denying nature, often putting her friends' needs before her own.
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Then he goes through all these very rigorous self denying aesthetic practices and he just doesn't.
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The path that Christ marks out is a narrow, self-denying path.
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Secondly, they passed a self denying ordinance.
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Then he goes through all these very rigorous self denying aesthetic practices and he just doesn't.
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It is your mission to render her contrite and self-denying.
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You're just a self-denying altruist, and I'm a paranoid dick.
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Marx, by contrast, Berlin describes as a Jew who was self-hating and self-denying.
Academic text (1999) -
I endeavoured to convert what might have been between myself and Agnes into a means of making me more self-denying, more resolved, more conscious of myself and my defects and errors.
Academic text (2004) -
His self-denying actions during the crisis showed that he was truly committed to helping others.
Synonyms
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Ready to give up your own needs to help others
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Ready to put other people's needs before your own and help them
To put other people's needs before your own
Giving up personal pleasures and comforts for a simple life
Giving up comfort and possessions for moral or religious reasons
Antonyms
How Self-Denying
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-denying = self-deny (semi-transparent) = self + deny + ing
While 'self' and 'deny' are clear, the specific meaning of self-denial as a virtue or practice is not immediately obvious.
Etymology
Self-denying comes from two simple parts: self meaning 'your own' and deny meaning 'say no' or 'refuse', so it literally means 'refusing things for yourself'. So a self-denying person is willing to give up their own wants to help others or for a larger cause.