not-self

English

Etymology

From not +‎ self.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɒtˈsɛlf/

Noun

not-self (uncountable)

1. (metaphysics) The negative of self, someone or something that is not the self

   Synonym: non-ego

   • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     a cognizance of not-self

See also

• anatta
• nonself

References

• “notself”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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