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self-effacingness

self-effacingness noun: having the quality of humility.

Noun

self-effacingness (uncountable)

  1. Having the quality of humility.
    • John stated he had, "done his small part", with his usual self-effacingness.

Origin of self-effacingness

From self-effacing + -ness.

Questions about self-effacingness

What does self-effacingness mean?
Self-effacingness means having the quality of humility.
What part of speech is self-effacingness?
Self-effacingness is a noun.

Words near self-effacingness in the dictionary

  1. self-educations
  2. self-effacement
  3. self-effacements
  4. self-effacing
  5. self-effacingly
  6. self-effacingness
  7. self-efficacies
  8. self-efficacy
  9. self-elect
  10. self-elected
  11. self-electing

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