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🧘 Loss of self 🤝 Selflessness 🤝 To act selflessly
unself

unself

9.9
A way of acting that puts others before what you need
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈsɛlf/
  • Neologism
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  • He was admired for his unself and willingness to help anyone in need.

Examples

  • Acts of unself can inspire those around us to be more generous.

  • He shows great unself in his community work.

  • Her compassion reflected a deep unself, always putting others before herself.

  • Her unself is truly inspiring.

  • Her compassion reflected a deep unself, always putting others before herself.

  • He was admired for his unself and willingness to help anyone in need.

  • Acts of unself can inspire those around us to be more generous.

Synonyms

altruism
vsunself
24 6.5

Caring about other people's needs more than your own

is the personal quality of putting others first rather than an ideology
selflessness
vsunself
14 3.9

To care more about other people's needs than your own

is the central state of putting others before yourself
self-sacrifice
vsunself
11 4.9

Giving up your own comfort and needs to help other people

is the caring attitude without requiring extreme personal loss
unselfishness
vsunself
2 3.4

Caring about other people and putting their needs before your own

is the standard label for that quality in everyday language
self-abnegation
vsunself
9.9

To give up your own needs to help others

is the caring quality without the sense of strict self denial
self-renunciation
vsunself
9.0

Giving up your own wants and needs to help other people

is the general state of caring, not the formal act of renouncing wants

How Selfless

altruism
24 6.5
unself
  • Neologism
9.9
generosity
128 2.1
kindness
297 1.0

Surface Forms

unself singular
unselfs plural

Morphology

unself = self (transparent) = un + self

The meaning 'not self' maps straightforwardly to the idea of putting others before oneself, which is a standard negation of 'self' that learners can infer.

Etymology

Unself comes from un- ('not') and self ('your own needs'), and it gives the simple idea of 'not thinking about yourself', much like the common word selfless. So, unself can mean the quality of putting others before your own needs.