Selflessness \Self"less*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being selfless.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
selflessness
n 1: the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
[syn: altruism] [ant: egoism]
2: acting with less concern for yourself than for the success
of the joint activity [syn: self-sacrifice]
WordNet (r) 2.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "selflessness":
Olympian detachment, altruism, commitment, consecration,
dedication, detachment, devotion, disinterest, disinterestedness,
dispassion, dispassionateness, humility, impartiality, loftiness,
modesty, neutrality, sacrifice, self-abasement, self-abnegation,
self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness,
self-immolation, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness,
self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection,
unacquisitiveness, unbias, unbiasedness, unpossessiveness,
unselfishness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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