self-abnegating

Thân thiện

A self-abnegating volunteer gives up her seat for an elderly passenger.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Characterized by self-denial or the renunciation of one's own desires and interests: Used to describe behavior, actions, or a person that shows a deliberate and often extreme restraint from indulging personal needs, pleasures, or advantages, typically for moral, religious, or altruistic reasons.

Usage

The adjective "self-abnegating" is a formal term used to describe behavior that is marked by self-sacrifice. It often carries a positive connotation of humility and devotion but can also imply an excessive or unhealthy degree of self-denial. * It is most commonly used to modify nouns like behavior, act, life, devotion, or spirit. * It can also be used predictively to describe a person.

Examples

• Her self-abnegating dedication to caring for the sick earned her widespread admiration.
• He lived a self-abnegating life of poverty, donating all his wealth to charity.
• The monk's self-abnegating practices included fasting and long periods of silence.
• She was too self-abnegating to accept any praise for her crucial role in the project's success.

Advanced Usage

• In a critical context: The term can be used to critique behavior perceived as excessively self-sacrificing to the point of being detrimental.
  • His self-abnegating tendency to always put others first left him emotionally depleted.

Variants and Related Words

• Self-abnegation (noun): The act or practice of self-denial.
  • A life of complete self-abnegation.
• Abnegate (verb): To renounce or reject something desired or valuable.
  • He abnegated all worldly possessions.

Synonyms

• Self-denying
• Self-sacrificing
• Ascetic
• Renunciant
• Abstemious (when referring to denying physical pleasures)

Antonyms

• Self-indulgent
• Hedonistic
• Egoistic
• Narcissistic

Học thuật

Adjective

1. used especially of behavior

Từ đồng nghĩa

• renunciant
• renunciative
• self-denying