ADJECTIVE | all | unselfish | disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others |
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all | unselfish | not greedy |
Meaning | disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others. | |
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Narrower | public-spirited | showing unselfish interest in the public welfare |
self-denying, self-giving, self-sacrificing | willing / willing to deprive yourself | |
self-forgetful | showing lack of self-interest | |
sharing | unselfishly willing / willing to share with others | |
See also | altruistic, selfless | showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
considerate | showing concern for the rights and feelings of others | |
generous | willing to give and share unstintingly | |
Opposite | selfish | concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others |
Spanish | desinteresado | |
Nouns | unselfishness | acting generously |
unselfishness | the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing / willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others | |
Adverbs | unselfishly | in an unselfish manner |
Meaning | not greedy. | |
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Broader | generous | willing to give and share unstintingly |
Spanish | altruista, desinteresado | |
Catalan | desinteressat | |
Nouns | unselfishness | acting generously |
unselfishness | the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing / willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others |
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