Meaning of selflessness in English
(Definition of selflessness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of selflessness
selflessness
It is not clear, however, that this process would achieve that selflessness or that it would last for any time beyond the residency.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
In place of the pure intellect, the need of the hour was faith of which another name was selflessness.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Her mission, as she defines it, is to restore selflessness, love and compassion to their rightful place in the modern world.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Just like selflessness is not a virtue (but modesty and temperance are), self-interest is not virtuous either (but courage and prudence are).
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The diamonds are then framed as just recompense for their selflessness in pursuing this lost brother.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Any reflective linguistic attempt at understanding defeats the prospect of achieving the selflessness that is sought.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Here, a candidate is likely to be found in selfinterest or self-centeredness, or however one wants to label the opposite of selflessness.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Looked at dispassionately, selfishness and selflessness seem to be in a steady state.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Domestically insulated from these pressures to achieve, women were called upon to become paragons of passive innocence, repositories of the complementary values of selflessness, docility, and unchanging goodness.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The state-supported ideology of the moral virtue of pension sharing and of the ' natural ' selflessness of old-age pensioners dominates much of the public discourse on older people.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
It may be useful to contemplate whether the selflessness and altruism which underpins the promotion of organ donation might not similarly be achievable for health services research.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
I admit that selflessness is a rare quality in our modern society, which is too often out for grabs.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
We have heard a great deal lately about firefighters' sense of public service, public spiritedness, selflessness, bravery, and brotherhood and sisterhood.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Perhaps from this threat and from this appalling suffering a better spirit of selflessness and patriotism may arise.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They are selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Translations of selflessness
in French
in Turkish
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
désintéressement…
özverililik…
onzelfzuchtigheid…
nesobeckost…
uselviskhed…
sikap tidak egois…
ความไม่เห็นแก่ตัว…
lòng vị tha…
bezinteresowność…
osjälviskhet…
sifat yang tidak mementingkan diri sendiri…
die Selbstlosigkeit…
uselviskhet…
самовідданість…
