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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being self-forgetful.
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Examples
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These are "self-forgetfulness" (the ability to become completely absorbed in something), "transpersonal identification" (the ability to feel connected to something larger than yourself), and "mysticism" (the ability to believe in things that may not be completely provable).
Margaret Weinberg: Is God in Our Genes? Margaret Weinberg 2012
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The German theologian Oswald Bayer once said that "self-forgetfulness" is the gift of faith.
The Gift of Self-Forgetfulness Mollie Ziegler Hemingway 2011
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For her, there was an active virtue to be found in self-forgetfulness, in saying “look at that” instead of “look at me”.
Elizabeth Bishop, briefly « Tales from the Reading Room 2008
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As Sontag summed it up: "contemplation... entails self-forgetfulness on the part of the spectator."
Arianna Huffington: Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New Media? Arianna Huffington 2010
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As Sontag summed it up: "contemplation... entails self-forgetfulness on the part of the spectator."
Arianna Huffington: Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New Media? Arianna Huffington 2010
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Each one attentive, tender, and consumed by a self-forgetfulness that only saints, really, are able to pull off.
Tattoos on the Heart Gregory Boyle 2010
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As Sontag summed it up: "contemplation... entails self-forgetfulness on the part of the spectator."
Arianna Huffington: Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New Media? Arianna Huffington 2010
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What is needed is really not shrewdness or craft, but what the politicians don't have: depth, humanity and a certain totality of self-forgetfulness and compassion, not just for individuals but for man as a whole: a deeper kind of dedication.
What Kind of Man Are You, President Obama -- Another LBJ? 2009
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The premium set on generosity is so great when measured in terms of social prestige as to make any other behavior than that of utter self-forgetfulness simply not pay. . .
Polanyi on the market Daniel Little 2009
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The premium set on generosity is so great when measured in terms of social prestige as to make any other behavior than that of utter self-forgetfulness simply not pay. . .
Archive 2009-07-01 Daniel Little 2009
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