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When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.
Ben Okri

Meaning of "self-forgetfulness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-FORGETFULNESS

self-forgetfulness  [ˌselffəˈɡetfʊlnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-FORGETFULNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Forgetfulness 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-FORGETFULNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-forgetfulness in the English dictionary

The definition of self-forgetfulness in the dictionary is the state of being forgetful of your own interests.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-FORGETFULNESS


artfulness
ˈɑːtfʊlnɪs
boastfulness
ˈbəʊstfʊlnɪs
deceitfulness
dɪˈsiːtfʊlnɪs
distastefulness
dɪsˈteɪstfʊlnɪs
doubtfulness
ˈdaʊtfʊlnɪs
forgetfulness
fəˈɡetfʊlnɪs
fretfulness
ˈfrɛtfʊlnɪs
frightfulness
ˈfraɪtfʊlnɪs
fruitfulness
ˈfruːtfʊlnɪs
gratefulness
ˈɡreɪtfʊlnɪs
lustfulness
ˈlʌstfʊlnɪs
respectfulness
rɪˈspɛktfʊlnɪs
spitefulness
ˈspaɪtfʊlnɪs
sprightfulness
ˈspraɪtfʊlnɪs
tactfulness
ˈtæktfʊlnɪs
tastefulness
ˈteɪstfʊlnɪs
thoughtfulness
ˈθɔːtfʊlnɪs
uneventfulness
ˌʌnɪˈvɛntfʊlnɪs
wastefulness
ˈweɪstfʊlnɪs
wistfulness
ˈwɪstfʊlnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-FORGETFULNESS

self-feeder
self-fertile
self-fertilisation
self-fertilised
self-fertilising
self-fertilization
self-fertilized
self-fertilizing
self-filling
self-financing
self-flattery
self-forgetful
self-forgetfully
self-fulfilling
self-fulfilling prophecy
self-fulfilment
self-glorification
self-governed
self-governing
self-government

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-FORGETFULNESS

business
carefulness
casualness
coolness
evilness
faithfulness
fearfulness
fullness
gracefulness
helpfulness
illness
joyfulness
meaningfulness
mental illness
mindfulness
stillness
thankfulness
truthfulness
usefulness
wellness
wonderfulness

Synonyms and antonyms of self-forgetfulness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «self-forgetfulness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-FORGETFULNESS

Find out the translation of self-forgetfulness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-forgetfulness 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-forgetfulness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自健忘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

olvido de sí mismo
570 millions of speakers

English

self-forgetfulness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म विस्मृति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النسيان الذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самозабвения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-esquecimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মবিস্মরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´oubli de soi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melupakan diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstvergessenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己物忘れ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 망각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lali dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự sự lãng quên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய மறதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची विस्मरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendini unutkanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dimenticanza di sé
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samo- zapomnienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самозабуття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- uitare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - λήθη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- vergeetagtigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

själv glömska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvforglemmelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-forgetfulness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-FORGETFULNESS»

The term «self-forgetfulness» is normally little used and occupies the 146.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-FORGETFULNESS» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «SELF-FORGETFULNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-forgetfulness.
1
Hans-Georg Gadamer
The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it.
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Ben Okri
When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-FORGETFULNESS»

Discover the use of self-forgetfulness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-forgetfulness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Freedom of Self Forgetfulness: The Path to the True ...
What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart? This is one of the questions the Apostle Paul addresses as he writes to the church in Corinth.
Timothy J. Keller, 2012
2
The Power of Dialogue: Critical Hermeneutics After Gadamer ...
Chapter 1 features of language: the unawareness, or "self-forgetfulness" [ Selbstvergesseuheit] of language during speech; the dialogic structure of language that grounds the "egolessness" [Ichlosigkeit] of language; and finally, the universality ...
Hans-Herbert Kögler, 1999
3
A Phenomenology of Love and Hate
Ethical love in the full sense requires self-forgetfulness (Selbstvergessenheit). In a manuscript written in the early 1930s, Husserl distinguishes three types of self- forgetfulness. A first type is instinctual self-forgetfulness and it leads to taking ...
Dr Peter Hadreas, 2012
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Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the ...
Because this veil of self-forgetfulness is the original cause of the illusory appearance of our mind, the compound consciousness that imagines 'I am this body', in advaita vēdānta it is described as our 'causal body' or kāraṇa śarīra. Just as the ...
Michael James, 2012
5
Pillars of Flame: Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity
We embrace the other, warts and all, in self- emptying and self-forgetfulness, and by this embracing we also embrace God's forgivenness of all we cannot bear in our selves. In this love-making all roles disappear because the lovers are not ...
Maggie Ross, 2007
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The Challenge of Coleridge: Ethics and Interpretation in ...
In the earlier essay, the "alienation" of aesthetic consciousness is a result of self- forgetfulness in the process of "imitation" critiqued by Plato in the Republic, affecting both actor and spectator: Here imitation has become self-exteriorization,  ...
David P. Haney, 2008
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One Minute Meditations
Check to see how willing, even eager, you are in giving another the benefit of the doubt. LOVE AND SELF-FORGETFULNESS What do you mean when you say, “I love you”? Are you talking about calculated giving and receiving? Or do you ...
Rev. T. Ronald Haney, 2010
8
Ineffability and Philosophy
Let's explore the hypothesis that the mystical state is the state of self-forgetfulness . This hypothesis accounts at least in a general way for the mystics' protestations of ineffability: when they're asked “What state are you in?” they can't give a true ...
André Kukla, Professor of Psychology and Philosophy Andre Kukla, 2004
9
The Conning, the Cunning of Being: Being a Kierkegaardian ...
This is its self-forgetfulness, this divestiture of itself that is never sufficient, this restlessness and insomnia. In this light, as the science of paronymy would indicate, the recuperation of the ego from out of its self-forgetfulness is simply the  ...
Pat Bigelow, 1990
10
The Serious Pleasures of Suspense: Victorian Realism and ...
Though George Eliot could not have read Great Expectations (1861) or Sesame and Lilies (1865) when she came to write Adam Bede in 1859, the celebrated paradigm of feminine self-forgetfulness was certainly in full circulation at the time. 2 ...
Caroline Levine, 2003

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

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-forgetfulness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Need to revive integrated Kashmiri culture: Secretary JKAACL
... writers, artists, poets, scholars and other allied individuals and institutions to help the society come out of the state of self-forgetfulness and low self-esteem. «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
2
Need to revive Hindu culture, values in every heart: Mohan Bhagwat
... to revive Hindu culture and values in every heart, he appealed to the sants to help the society come out of the state of self-forgetfulness and low self-esteem. «Oneindia, Feb 15»
3
Screwtape Predicts Instagram
Such things, I grant you, have nothing of virtue in them; but there is a sort of innocence and humility and self-forgetfulness about them which I distrust. The man ... «Patheos, Feb 15»
4
History review: 'The Italians,' by John Hooper
“Everyone lives in a state of intoxicated self-forgetfulness.” Since Italians appear to be so content in this condition, perhaps we could all do with a bit of spaghetti ... «Dallas Morning News, Jan 15»
5
Self-Esteem: Beyond Pop Psychology
Ultimately, then, humility is and begets self-forgetfulness. Since, for Fr. Esparza, self-esteem is not for its own sake, he thoroughly examines the various ways in ... «Catholic Culture, Jul 14»
6
Theology of Sport
Sports are deeply communal, like religious rituals. A player can have something resembling the self-forgetfulness of mystical experience, as he so fully enters ... «First Things, Jun 14»
7
Postscript: Jonathan Schell, 1943-2014
... looking for (and I use the following words with precision): warmth and good will, truthfulness, fair-mindedness, self-forgetfulness, humor, imagination, vision, ... «New Yorker, Mar 14»
8
Pope calls religious to be 'real witnesses'
... a countercultural way of life that relies on generosity and self-forgetfulness, Pope Francis told a meeting of superiors general of religious orders in November. «National Catholic Reporter, Jan 14»
9
Francis tells religious to 'wake the world,' outlines modern struggles …
... a counter-cultural way of life that relies on generosity and self-forgetfulness, Pope Francis told a meeting of superiors general of religious orders in November. «National Catholic Reporter, Jan 14»
10
The Joy of Creating
“Composing gives me great pleasure… there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when ... «PsychCentral.com, Nov 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Self-Forgetfulness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-forgetfulness>. Apr 2024 ».
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