SELFLESSNESS
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)
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)
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)
