self-sacrifice

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self-sac·ri·fice

(sĕlf′săk′rə-fīs′)

Sacrifice of one's personal interests or well-being for the sake of others or for a cause.

self′-sac′ri·fic′ing adj.

self-sacrifice

the sacrifice of one's own desires, interest, etc, for the sake of duty or for the well-being of others

ˌself-ˈsacriˌficing adj

ˌself-ˈsacriˌficingly adv

self`-sac′rifice

sacrifice of oneself or one's interests for others.

[1795–1805]

self`-sac′rificer, n.

self′-sacrifi′cial, adj.

self`-sac′rificing, adj.

self`-sac′rificingly, adv.

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Noun

self-sacrifice - acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

selflessness

self-abnegation, self-renunciation, abnegation, self-denial, denial - renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission"

self-sacrifice

noun selflessness, altruism, self-denial, generosity, self-abnegation I thanked my parents for all their self-sacrifice on my behalf.

Translations

self-sacrifice

[ˌselfˈsækrɪfaɪs] N → abnegación f

self-sacrifice

[ˌsɛlfˈsækrɪfaɪs] n → abnegazione f

self-sacrifice

(selfˈsӕkrifais) noun

the act of sacrificing one's own desires etc in order to help others. With great self-sacrifice, she gave up the holiday to care for her sick aunt.

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He is next to Tolstoy in his willingness to give himself for his kind; if he would rather give himself in fighting than in suffering wrong, I do not know that his self-sacrifice is less in degree.

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He was a quiet, modest fellow, unmistakably impressed by the knowledge of the officer and the heroic self-sacrifice of the merchant and saying nothing about himself.

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Some of those boys came straight from the cornfields with only a summer's wages in their pockets, hung on through the four years, shabby and underfed, and completed the course by really heroic self-sacrifice.

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At a time of such love, such rapture, and such self-sacrifice, what do any of our quarrels and affronts matter?

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Because he felt so keenly the beauty of faith, because the desire for self-sacrifice burned in his heart with such a gem-like glow, his strength seemed inadequate to his ambition.

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Citing examples from the lives of Usain Bolt, Martina Navratilova, Subramanyam Chandrasekharan, Prakash highlighted lessons of perseverance and self-sacrifice.

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The Ennahda Movement does not blame Habib Essid for the failure of the government which, despite everything, has shown dedication and self-sacrifice in the service of the country, he told TAP

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The juxtaposition of fairy gentleness with the bellicosity of clenched fists seemed a bizarre refutation of the statue Oblation's open-arms display of self-sacrifice.

Fairies-clenched fists juxtaposition a bizarre refutation of Oblation

The movie, fully made by Kuwaiti youths, immortalizes the late poet Fayeq Abduljalil, one of the Kuwaiti martyrs who set an example of self-sacrifice and patriotism," she said at a press conference.

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IDCP is a self-report instrument for assessing pathological personality aspects consisting of 163 items divided in 12 dimensions, namely: Dependency, Aggressiveness, Mood Instability, Eccentricity, Attention Seeking, Mistrust, Grandiosity, Isolation, Avoidance of Criticism, Self-Sacrifice, Conscientiousness, and Impulsiveness.

Review of the self-sacrifice dimension of the dimensional clinical personality inventory

I admire his attitude on self-sacrifice but I think it is too early to say that he will give way.