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self-abnegatory

self-abnegatory adjective: of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's).

Adjective

self-abnegatory (comparative more self-abnegatory, superlative most self-abnegatory)

  1. Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's).
    • one for whom that purple mantle was too gaudy, and yet who bore it, as he bore everything else, in that self-abnegatory spirit which the higher reaches of philosophy bring1892, Edgar Saltus, chapter 8, in Imperial Purple, Chicago: Morrill, Higgins, page 193
    • Women are so terrifically self-abnegatory; they must give, give, give, to some one all the time. Women, that is, of the mothering type, such as these.1921, Rose Macaulay, chapter 4, in Dangerous Ages, London: W. Collins Sons, page 76

Synonyms of self-abnegatory

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Forms of self-abnegatory

comparativemore self-abnegatory
superlativemost self-abnegatory

Origin of self-abnegatory

From self- + abnegatory.

Questions about self-abnegatory

What does self-abnegatory mean?
Self-abnegatory means of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's).
What part of speech is self-abnegatory?
Self-abnegatory is an adjective.

Words near self-abnegatory in the dictionary

  1. self-abasement
  2. self-abasements
  3. self-abasing
  4. self-abnegation
  5. self-abnegations
  6. self-abnegatory
  7. self-absorbed
  8. self-absorption
  9. self-abuse
  10. self-abused
  11. self-abuser

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