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🧘 Loss of self 🤝 Selflessness 🤝 To act selflessly
to unself

to unself

9.9
To act without thinking about what you need
  • verb
  • Neologism
translation icon : desinteresarse
  • If the enjoyment of beauty can provide us with a contemplative and self-transcending rest, and if this same beauty can help to "unself" and "decenter" us in ways that help us become more just and compassionate—and thus more humane—then perhaps we have a right to beauty.

Examples

  • If Adler and others see the enjoyment of beauty as essential to our humanity because it provides us with a contemplative and self-transcending rest and helps to "unself" and "decenter" us, Scripture says something similar about the Sabbath.

    Academic text (2010)

  • To truly unself, he donated part of his salary to charity, prioritizing others' needs over his own.

  • She decided to unself by volunteering at the local shelter to help those in need.

  • In times of crisis, many people choose to unself and support their communities selflessly.

How Selfless

to unself
  • Neologism
9.9
to support
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

unself infinitive
unselfed past
unselfed past participle
unselfing present participle
unselfs third person singular

Morphology

unself = self (transparent) = un + self

Formed by productive prefixation 'un-' + 'self' to give a verb meaning 'to act without regard for oneself', which is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Unself is formed from un- ('not') and self ('your own interest'), creating the picture of taking your own interests out of an action. So, to unself is to act without thinking of your own gain and to put others first.