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Meaning of "self-abnegation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-ABNEGATION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-ABNEGATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Abnegation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-ABNEGATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Self-denial

Self-denial refers to altruistic abstinence - the willingness to forgo personal pleasures or undergo personal trials in the pursuit of the increased good of another. Various religions and cultures take differing views of self-denial, some considering it a positive trait and others considering it a negative one. According to some Christians, self-denial is considered a superhuman virtue only obtainable through Jesus. Some critics of self-denial suggest that self-denial can lead to self-hatred and claim that the self-denial practiced in Judaism has created self-hating Jews.

Definition of self-abnegation in the English dictionary

The definition of self-abnegation in the dictionary is the denial of one's own interests in favour of the interests of others.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-ABNEGATION

self-abasement
self-abnegating
self-absorbed
self-absorption
self-abuse
self-accusation
self-acting
self-action
self-actualization
self-addressed
self-addressed envelope
self-addressed stamped envelope
self-adhesive
self-adjusting
self-administered
self-advancement
self-advertisement
self-advocacy
self-aggrandisement
self-aggrandising

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-ABNEGATION

accreditation
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citation
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communication
confirmation
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Synonyms and antonyms of self-abnegation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «self-abnegation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-ABNEGATION

Find out the translation of self-abnegation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-abnegation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-abnegation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我克制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abnegación
570 millions of speakers

English

self-abnegation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म त्याग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نكران الذات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самоотречение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abnegação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মবিসর্জন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abnégation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyingkiran diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstverleugnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己犠牲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 abnegation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awake dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự hy sinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய தியாகம் செய்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची दूरध्वनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fedakârlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abnegazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samozaparcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самозречення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abnegație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυταπάρνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- opoffering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

själv abnegation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvfornektelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-abnegation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-ABNEGATION»

The term «self-abnegation» is regularly used and occupies the 75.178 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-ABNEGATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-abnegation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-ABNEGATION»

Discover the use of self-abnegation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-abnegation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the ...
Theologians Reinhold Niebuhr and Carol Lakey Hess help me understand this notion of hiding as the sin of self-abnegation, the cousin sin of pride.13 According to a number of theologians, the sin of self-abnegation is widely overlooked in ...
Phileena Heuertz, 2010
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Hindu Mahasabha in Colonial North India, 1915-1930: ...
34. 85 Lal Chand, Self-Abnegation in Politics, Lahore, 1938, pp. 2–3. 86 Lal Chand, Self-Abnegation, pp. 33, 100–3. 87 Christophe Jaffrelot, 'Hindu Nationalism: Strategic Syncretism in Ideology Building', Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.
Prabhu Bapu, 2013
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Self-Interest: Volume 14
In the language of virtue, even extreme selfishness and self-abnegation involve, at most, shortfalls in virtue, or traits that make an attitude or combination of attitudes less good than it might be. But extreme selfishness and self-abnegation do ...
Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr, Jeffrey Paul, 1997
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Eros for the Other: Retaining Truth in a Pluralistic World
Levinas and Grade provide two quite different pictures of self- abnegation. Levinas, like Tsemakh, articulates an abrasive demand for self-abnegation as the foundation for ethical existence. Grade portrays what happens when this unrelenting ...
Wendy Farley, 2010
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To the Other Towns: A Life of Blessed Peter Favre, First ...
For the achieving of his ideal of “companionship with Jesus as servant of His Divine Majesty”, Saint Ignatius relied on certain virtues as essential aids, among which the primacy of honor is held by self-abnegation, especially as practiced in the ...
William V. Bangert, 2002
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The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity
... and archetypal response of faith, and interprets very much in terms of self- abnegation. At almost every turn in his writings the sense that suffering, self- abnegation, and indeed humiliation carry a fundamentally positive valuation is confirmed.
Peter C. Phan, 2011
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International Relations: Critical Concepts in Political Science
governments some day will commit an act of radical national self-abnegation and abdicate as sovereign entities in favor of a world state. Cases in which self- abnegation goals have precedence over national self- preservation may be rare in an ...
Andrew Linklater, 2000
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Vedic Metaphysics
And therefore, our scriptures say that from the point of view of self- abnegation a samnyasi, the person who is supposed to have renounced the world is adorable. He is worshipped by all because of his self-abnegation. But the self-abnegation ...
Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha, 1978
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After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World ...
In discussing these goals, Arnold Wolfers argued that states sometimes pursue policies of "self-abnegation." For Wolfers, self-abnegation "is the goal of those who place a higher value on such ends as international solidarity, lawfulness, ...
Robert O. Keohane, 2005
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Communicating the Infinite: The Emergence of the Habad School
In the pages of Tonya, these values are presented as the path leading to realization of the goal of self- abnegation in daily life. A further step in the communication of this goal is made by emplovment of the theme of self- sacrifice. We saw ...
Naftali Loewenthal, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-ABNEGATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-abnegation is used in the context of the following news items.
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What the Dickens? Did Dostoevsky borrow his themes from English …
"Dostoevsky's motifs of ordeal, atonement and self-abnegation were originally depicted in Dickens' novels. Moreover, both writers tend to create forceful images ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jul 15»
2
Review: A 'Ship of Fools,' Each Stuck in Isolation
But as Mr. Shafir keeps knocking himself to the floor, his self-abnegation is suspiciously showy. Sure enough, it is he who stages his own funeral, whiningly ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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How Ryan Seacrest Built an Empire That Will Outlast 'American Idol'
“Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new,” Steven Tyler once said. And while self-abnegation as a means to a triumphant end may seem ... «Billboard, May 15»
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Are Women People Yet?
By rejecting "the self-abnegation inherent in domesticity," they engaged in the "cultivation of the self," upholding the single life "as both a socially and personally ... «HarpersBAZAAR.com, May 15»
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DANCE REVIEW: Sonia Sanchez's 'The Id' at the MCA
Flamenco is a paradoxical art, requiring passion and control, self-assertion and self-abnegation, physical vehemence and delicacy, defiance and surrender, joy ... «Chicago Tribune, Feb 15»
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Stations of the Cross
We've seen self-abnegation to the point of sacrifice elsewhere in cinema, not least Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves. And indeed the extreme Catholicism of ... «The Arts Desk, Nov 14»
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Kevin Pietersen's Autobiography Exposes Dark Side of English Cricket
Cricket is traditionally linked with certain moral virtues: duty and self-abnegation in the face of a common cause. When the Gatling gun's jammed and the ... «Newsweek, Oct 14»
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Nothing To Hide: Wendy Whelan Retires
It's imprinted with her economy of movement and his self-abnegation—he was an exceptional partner. More than dance, it's a private conversation, a moment of ... «The New Yorker, Oct 14»
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Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin's “Stranger in the Village”
I disagree not with his particular sorrow but with the self-abnegation that pinned him to it. Bach, so profoundly human, is my heritage. I am not an interloper when ... «The New Yorker, Aug 14»
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Maggie Shipstead's ballet drama is all pumped up
The author proves herself far more interested in the tensions that exist in life far from the public stage in the dark extremes of obsession and self-abnegation. «The National, Jul 14»

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