selfless

English

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Etymology

self +‎ -less

Pronunciation

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Adjective

selfless ‎(comparative more selfless, superlative most selfless)

1. Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.

   In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.

Derived terms

• selflessness

Translations

having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無私 (zh), 无私 (zh) ‎(wúsī), 公而忘私 (zh) ‎(gōng'érwàngsī), 忘我的 (zh) ‎(wàngwǒ de)

• Finnish: epäitsekäs
• French: dévoué (fr), altruiste (fr)
• Georgian: თავდაუზოგავი ‎(tavdauzogavi), თავდადებული ‎(tavdadebuli)
• German: selbstlos (de), uneigennützig (de)
• Greek: ανιδιοτελής (el) ‎(anidiotelís), αφίλαυτος ‎(afílaftos), φιλάλληλος (el) ‎(filállilos), αλτρουιστής (el) ‎(altrouistís)

• Hungarian: önzetlen (hu)
• Italian: altruista (it), altruistico (it), disinteressato (it)
• Japanese: 無私無欲の ‎(むしむよくの, mushimuyoku no)
• Portuguese: altruísta (pt), desinteressado (pt) m
• Russian: самоотве́рженный (ru) ‎(samootvéržennyj), бескоры́стный (ru) ‎(beskorýstnyj)
• Spanish: desinteresado (es)
• Swedish: osjälvisk (sv)
• Turkish: fedakâr (tr), özgecil (tr), özverili (tr)