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View synonyms for self-forgetting

self-forgetting

[ self-fer-get-ing, self- ]

adjective



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Other Words From

  • self-for·getting·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-forgetting1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

Zeal of a self-sacrificing, self-forgetting nature is a magic power which kindles enthusiasm.

Her ingenuous face, her self-forgetting and amiable bearing towards her companions made her the loved and cherished of them all.

Ray's face shone with the splendor of self-forgetting, when she said that she would "help, somewhere."

It is in humility and dependence, in self-forgetting that true wisdom begins.

By such community of life self-love is transfigured, and exalted into the purest self-forgetting.

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