self-abnegatoryadj.
/ˌsɛlfˈabnᵻɡət(ə)ri/, /ˌsɛlfabnᵻˈɡeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈæbnəɡəˌtɔri/ Characterized by or involving self-denial or the renunciation of one's own needs or desires; self-abnegating.
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self-denying1630
self-renouncing1641
self-denied1642
self-annihilated1677
self-renounced1756
self-abnegating1840
self-abnegatory1846
self-renunciatory1850
1846 Western Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 6 58 One paragraph is apologetic, another explanatory; one laudatory, another condemnatory;..whilst divers are self-abnegatory; and most are proud, vain, and fantastical.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 680 A self-abnegatory religion.
1922 Glasgow Herald 22 May 11 He is universally respected as a man of scholarly attainments, of sweetness and simplicity of character, of absolutely self-abnegatory devotion to the Church.
1964 Special Libraries Oct. 559/2 What, indeed, motivates a person to be so helpful, so self-abnegatory, so other-worldly?
2010 Relig. & Lit. 42 192 The caution lends itself well to a hymn-writer's self-abnegatory posture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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