单词 | self-abnegating |
释义 | self-abnegatingadj. Of a person: that denies himself or herself something valuable or desirable; that renounces his or her own needs or desires. Of a thing: characterized by or involving self-denial or self-renunciation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adjective] > self-abnegating self-denying1630 self-renouncing1641 self-denied1642 self-annihilated1677 self-renounced1756 self-abnegating1840 self-abnegatory1846 self-renunciatory1850 1840 C. Norton Dream 65 Self-abnegating love and humble worth, Which yet shall consecrate our sinful earth! 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel i. 22 Amid this self-abnegating silence, what is the self-laudation? 1923 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 44 26 He..has done all for Tibullus that the most devoted and most self-abnegating follower could do. 1967 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 67 2340/3 While the sentimentally enslaved nineteenth century described her [sc. Florence Nightingale] as self-abnegating, humble, and saintly, modern history pictures her as peppery, obstinate, rageful, and demanding. 2016 M. Eidsvåg in A. Gjelsvik & R. Schubart Women of Ice & Fire vii. 152 Sadistic, hurtful, and jealous, she refuses the self-abnegating role, demanding her own life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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