self-sacrificing
/'self'sækrifaisiɳ/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Willing to give up or forgo one's own interests, desires, or well-being for the benefit of others or for a cause: The primary meaning describes a person who is ready to make personal sacrifices.
- Characterized by self-denial or selflessness: It describes an action or attitude that puts the needs of others before one's own.
Usage
The adjective self-sacrificing is used to describe a person or their behavior. It is a formal and positive term, often expressing admiration. It typically modifies nouns like person, attitude, spirit, love, or devotion. - It is used in both attributive position (before a noun) and predicative position (after a linking verb like be or seem).
Examples
- Attributive use:
- She is known for her self-sacrificing dedication to her patients.
- His self-sacrificing act saved the lives of many people.
- Predicative use:
- True leaders are often self-sacrificing.
- Her love for her children was completely self-sacrificing.
Advanced Usage
- "self-sacrificing to a fault": This phrase suggests that someone's willingness to sacrifice is so extreme it may become detrimental to themselves or the situation.
- He is self-sacrificing to a fault, always putting others first even when he desperately needs help himself.
Variants and Related Words
- Self-sacrifice (noun): The act or instance of sacrificing one's own interests.
- Her career was a story of total self-sacrifice for her family.
- Self-sacrificingly (adverb): In a self-sacrificing manner.
- He worked self-sacrificingly for the community.
Synonyms
- Selfless: Concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one's own.
- Altruistic: Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
- Unselfish: Willing to put the needs or wishes of others before one's own.
- Self-denying: Refusing oneself pleasures or comforts; characterized by self-denial.
Antonyms
- Selfish: Lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
- Self-centered: Interested only in oneself.
- Egoistic: Based on the belief that self-interest is the valid end of all actions.
Adjective
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willing to deprive yourself
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