self-effacingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfᵻˈfeɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈˌsɛlfəˈfeɪsɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, effacing adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + effacing adj. Compare slightly earlier self-effacement n.

Disposed to or characterized by self-effacement; not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > self-effacing

self-effacing1854

non-assertive1869

self-effacive1894

non-egotistical1905

unpushy1908

1854 Lit. Suppl. Atlas 28 Jan. 1/1 What a page in the annals of the world of the sublimest devotion and of the most ferocious cruelty..of the most self-effacing patriotism, and of the most revolting tyranny!

1887 Murray's Mag. Nov. 707 Grown into the most patient, most self-effacing of women, she reverted a little here.

a1898 J. Caird Univ. Lect. (1898) 164 He was..the most self-effacing of men.

1902 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Vultures vi. 50 Miss Netty Cahere was a vision of pink and self-effacing quietness.

1987 T. Forester High-tech Society (1989) iii. 66 The normally self-effacing Japanese are so confident..that they are predicting that they will completely control the market.

2010 Vanity Fair Nov. 116/2 As he speaks..he is by turns grandiose and humble, self-righteous and self-effacing.

Derivatives

self-eˈffacingly adv. in a self-effacing manner; retiringly and modestly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] > self-effacingly

self-effacingly1892

1892 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 4 Aug. 251/4 They give their talents and efforts self-effacingly to promote the careers of their husbands, content to share at home the rewards won aboard.

1989 Times (Nexis) 21 July Not that they would listen to him, he added. He is self-effacingly modest.

2007 Daily Tel. 3 May 33/2 Self-effacingly, he maintains that he ‘wanted to champion British music from the standpoint of an established conductor’.

self-eˈffacingness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] > self-effacement

self-effacement1853

self-effacingness1906

self-naughting1911

1906 Sat. Rev. 3 Feb. 131/2 The timid self-effacingness of the clergy, has brought it about that the hopes of dogmatic Christianity are centred on Birmingham and Liverpool.

1951 S. Spender World within World 167 Forster's strange mixture of qualities—his self-effacingness combined with a positive assertion of his views.

2006 Independent (Nexis) 21 Dec. 40 The flip-side of the self-effacingness which could at time [sic] render him almost invisible was an acute sensitivity to the feelings of others.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-effacing
释义	self-effacingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfᵻˈfeɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌsɛlfəˈfeɪsɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, effacing adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + effacing adj. Compare slightly earlier self-effacement n. Disposed to or characterized by self-effacement; not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > self-effacing self-effacing1854 non-assertive1869 self-effacive1894 non-egotistical1905 unpushy1908 1854 Lit. Suppl. Atlas 28 Jan. 1/1 What a page in the annals of the world of the sublimest devotion and of the most ferocious cruelty..of the most self-effacing patriotism, and of the most revolting tyranny! 1887 Murray's Mag. Nov. 707 Grown into the most patient, most self-effacing of women, she reverted a little here. a1898 J. Caird Univ. Lect. (1898) 164 He was..the most self-effacing of men. 1902 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Vultures vi. 50 Miss Netty Cahere was a vision of pink and self-effacing quietness. 1987 T. Forester High-tech Society (1989) iii. 66 The normally self-effacing Japanese are so confident..that they are predicting that they will completely control the market. 2010 Vanity Fair Nov. 116/2 As he speaks..he is by turns grandiose and humble, self-righteous and self-effacing. Derivatives self-eˈffacingly adv. in a self-effacing manner; retiringly and modestly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] > self-effacingly self-effacingly1892 1892 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 4 Aug. 251/4 They give their talents and efforts self-effacingly to promote the careers of their husbands, content to share at home the rewards won aboard. 1989 Times (Nexis) 21 July Not that they would listen to him, he added. He is self-effacingly modest. 2007 Daily Tel. 3 May 33/2 Self-effacingly, he maintains that he ‘wanted to champion British music from the standpoint of an established conductor’. self-eˈffacingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] > self-effacement self-effacement1853 self-effacingness1906 self-naughting1911 1906 Sat. Rev. 3 Feb. 131/2 The timid self-effacingness of the clergy, has brought it about that the hopes of dogmatic Christianity are centred on Birmingham and Liverpool. 1951 S. Spender World within World 167 Forster's strange mixture of qualities—his self-effacingness combined with a positive assertion of his views. 2006 Independent (Nexis) 21 Dec. 40 The flip-side of the self-effacingness which could at time [sic] render him almost invisible was an acute sensitivity to the feelings of others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854
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