Akademik

selflessness

noun

1. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

• Syn: ↑altruism

• Ant: ↑egoism (for: ↑altruism)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑selfless, ↑altruist (for: ↑altruism)

• Hypernyms: ↑unselfishness

2. acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

• Syn: ↑self-sacrifice

• Derivationally related forms: ↑selfless

• Hypernyms: ↑cooperation

• Hyponyms: ↑abnegation, ↑self-abnegation, ↑denial, ↑self-denial, ↑self-renunciation

Useful english dictionary. 2012.