self-abnegatory
adjEtymology
From self- + abnegatory.
Definitions
Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs,…
Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's).
- one for whom that purple mantle was too gaudy, and yet who bore it, as he bore everything else, in that self-abnegatory spirit which the higher reaches of philosophy bring
- Women are so terrifically self-abnegatory; they must give, give, give, to some one all the time. Women, that is, of the mothering type, such as these.
- In his present self-abnegatory mood, he will not acknowledge himself able to feel anything honest and noble.
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- antonymselfish
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for self-abnegatory. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA