SELFLESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of selfless in English

(Definition of selfless from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of selfless from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of selfless

selfless
The portrait he paints is of an ambitious man, but one whose personal and public ambitions were shaped by selfless goals.
Most citizen advocates did not then become advocates from a sense of altruism or some general, selfless concern for the welfare of more vulnerable others.
For considered purely as such, being is selfless and completely immersed in itself.
It is not clear, however, that random assignment would promote selfless values in physicians any more than a one-sided draft does in professional football.
He was a very paternal, totally selfless and altruistic person.
The story repeats itself years later when the spider is inadvertently set loose; another act of selfless courage is needed to seal it up again.
The aunt may be the selfless unrewarded doer of good.
Is there no difference between two men who commit the same offence one guided by selfish motive and other by a selfless one?
These were not the selfless actions of a naturally humble man.
How can it be thought of then as a selfless act, which, of course, is at the heart of what we consider altruism?
Random assignment would disrupt important interests for more than a few residents, and this disruption could easily undermine selfless anticompetitive attitudes.
An educated, popular, and loved person, he is portrayed as a selfless character.
Uniquely human : the evolution of speech, thought, and selfless behavior.
It is difficult to criticise this book given its selfless approach, but the life stories can be rather self-indulgent and can sound insincere.
Despite their apparent opposition, the social and personal motives of the 15 participants were two sides of a coin, just as ' generativity ' itself springs from both selfless and selfish desires.
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Translations of selfless

in Chinese (Traditional)
無私的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
无私的…
in Spanish
desinteresado, altruista [masculine-feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
abnegado, altruísta…
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kendini düşünmeyen, bencil olmayan, özverili…
désintéressé/-ée, désintéressé…
私心(ししん)のない…
onzelfzuchtig…
nesobecký…
uselvisk…
tidak egois…
ไม่เห็นแก่ตัว…
không ích kỉ, vị tha…
bezinteresowny…
osjälvisk…
yang tidak mementingkan diri sendiri…
selbstlos…
uselvisk…
самовідданий…
самоотверженный, бескорыстный…
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