self-sacrifice
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈsɛlfˈsækrɪfaɪs/
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sacrificio personal
- The firefighter's self-sacrifice saved several lives during the emergency.
- act of self-sacrifice
- heroic self-sacrifice
- self-sacrifice and teamwork
Love embodies kindness, self sacrifice, compassion, generosity and charity.
- Love embodies kindness, self sacrifice, compassion, generosity and charity.
- And it was sort of an act of self sacrifice on behalf of the Palestinian people.
- I'm doing this purely as an act of noble self sacrifice.
- There's also romance and humor, action, there's heroism, acts of self sacrifice.
- He makes a personal self sacrifice for the good of the Republic, the Empire.
- We are often told that love is utter self sacrifice and giving up on ourselves and becoming what the other person wants.
- There's almost a a a willful acceptance of self sacrifice.
- Try to get it summarized in a little bit, but what I can think of is just just self sacrifice, basically.
- So he tells us that this this suggests an ideal, a kind of beauty and self sacrifice is connected with this.
- And that's what you want to do that that really the close up relationships are about self sacrifice.
Examples
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Volunteers often show self-sacrifice by dedicating their time and resources to help those in need.
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Scholarship implies a certain level of self sacrifice as well as a respect for a discipline greater than you.
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And it was sort of an act of self sacrifice on behalf of the Palestinian people.
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Her love can only find expression through self-sacrifice both towards her brother and her son.
Fiction book (1999) -
We are often told that love is utter self sacrifice and giving up on ourselves and becoming what the other person wants.
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But the survival of the species seems likely to require a degree of self-sacrifice rarely seen beyond the family.
Academic text (2000) -
He makes a personal self sacrifice for the good of the Republic, the Empire.
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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
Academic text (1994) -
Love embodies kindness, self sacrifice, compassion, generosity and charity.
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Development, the chiefs contend, requires considerable self-sacrifice as an investment in a better future.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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6.5
Caring about other people's needs more than your own
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3.9
To care more about other people's needs than your own
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3.4
Caring about other people and putting their needs before your own
To give up your own needs to help others
Giving up your own wants and needs to help other people
Antonyms
How Self-Sacrificing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Self-sacrifice combines self ('your own person') and sacrifice (from old words meaning 'to make holy', the same root as sacred). So it gives the image of offering your own comfort for others, which is why self-sacrifice means giving up your own needs for the benefit of others.