SELFLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does selflessness mean? 

• SELFLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun SELFLESSNESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

2. acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

  Familiarity information: SELFLESSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELFLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

altruism; selflessness

Hypernyms ("selflessness" is a kind of...):

unselfishness (the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others)

Derivation:

selfless (showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

self-sacrifice; selflessness

Hypernyms ("selflessness" is a kind of...):

cooperation (joint operation or action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "selflessness"):

abnegation; denial; self-abnegation; self-denial; self-renunciation (renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others)

Derivation:

selfless (showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others)