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self-effacements

self-effacements is the plural of self-effacement.

Meaning of self-effacement

Noun

self-effacement (usually uncountable, plural self-effacements)

  1. (usually) The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
    • John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.

Questions about self-effacements

What is self-effacements the plural of?
Self-effacements is the plural of self-effacement.

Words near self-effacements in the dictionary

  1. self-educates
  2. self-educating
  3. self-education
  4. self-educations
  5. self-effacement
  6. self-effacements
  7. self-effacing
  8. self-effacingly
  9. self-effacingness
  10. self-efficacies
  11. self-efficacy

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