Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- So much devoted to others as to subordinate one's own interests or comfort to theirs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing lack of self-interest
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Examples
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Then came the self-forgetful years: We were chased by evil nats with the names of monsoons.
Burma David Woodruff 2011
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It is a 'self-forgetful "representation"' through which time appears as infinite, since it is defined by the standpoint of 'the they'.
Archive 2009-07-01 enowning 2009
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Procrastination is a calling away from something that we do against our desires toward something that we do for pleasure, in that joyful state of self-forgetful inspiration that we call genius.
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"In art the self becomes self-forgetful" - Flannery O'Connor
Archive 2009-01-01 Bruce Schauble 2009
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Procrastination is a calling away from something that we do against our desires toward something that we do for pleasure, in that joyful state of self-forgetful inspiration that we call genius.
Archive 2009-11-01 Lauri 2009
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"In art the self becomes self-forgetful" - Flannery O'Connor
Forgetting Myself Bruce Schauble 2009
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In these moments of what Larry Bethune calls "joyful, self-forgetful celebration" and Amy Martin says is "to be like a young child, in a natural state of joy, capable of wonder, seeing only love", we are free from judging and being judged.
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It is a 'self-forgetful "representation"' through which time appears as infinite, since it is defined by the standpoint of 'the they'.
enowning enowning 2009
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But the Bible reflects nonetheless a playful party tradition in the sense of joyful, self-forgetful celebration.
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Gilead has resonance for me as a repository of a certain history, and as the kind of commonplace, self-forgetful little town you might find anywhere and not even bother to wonder about.
Going Back 'Home' 2008
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