unselfconsciousadj.
/ˌʌnsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs/, U.S. /ˌənˌsɛlfˈkɑnʃəs/ (un- prefix1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective]
natural1553
unaffecting1602
inartificial1665
unaffected1677
real1747
unpedantic1782
unpretentious1838
untheatric1858
unselfconscious1866
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adjective] > having no thought for self
self-forgetting1621
self-dead1647
unselfreflecting1668
self-regardless1808
self-forgetful1822
unselfconscious1866
1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxviii Instances of quiet unselfconscious faith.
1884 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera xcvi. 286 One who has in some signal..unself-conscious way done her duty.
1899 S. A. Brooke Eng. Lit. 146 This poem..belongs to the joyous, unself-conscious time.
Derivatives
unselfˈconsciousness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > lack of thought for self
self-forgetfulness1635
self-deadness1647
unconsciousness1738
unselfconsciousness1838
self-lossa1857
1838 J. Sterling Ess. & Tales (1848) I. 199 One other great form of poetry..in which self-consciousness projects itself into external figures, and appears as unself-consciousness.
1894 L. H. M. Soulsby Home Rule 32 It may be urged that theatricals teach unself-consciousness, but this form of unself-consciousness is worth very little.
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