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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhn-sel-fish
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsɛl fɪʃ



Definition of unselfishness

Origin :
  • 1690s, from un- (1) "not" + selfish. Cf. Danish uselvisk, Swedish osjälfvisk. Related: Unselfishly; unselfishness.
  • noun generosity
Example sentences :
  • I must have had a glimmer of reason then, a trace of decency and unselfishness.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Here was the selfishness of man and the unselfishness of woman answered.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It was his conviction that unselfishness was stimulated by football.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • Organizations with vision and unselfishness must begin to replace them.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 » by Various
  • In the home there is unselfishness, thoughtfulness, and love expressed.
  • Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
  • Do you mean by it unselfishness, courage, truthfulness, or any other virtue?
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • In her unselfishness she had committed the error of dividing herself from him.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • God will see to it that they do not lose by their unselfishness.
  • Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
  • I know this is his true conviction, but he is in love, and he measures her by his own unselfishness.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • And the secret of it all lies in truth, in love, in purity, and in unselfishness.
  • Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous

Synonyms for unselfishness

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