Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Yielding up one's own selfish interest, feelings, etc.; sacrificing one's egotistical to one's altruistic desires.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Yielding up one's own interest, feelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Making, or willing to make, a
self-sacrifice . - verb Present participle of
self-sacrifice .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective willing to deprive yourself
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Examples
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Some bloggers have referred to the self-sacrificing group as the Suicide Corps and compared their resolve to that of the Second World War's kamikaze pilots, who boldly took on suicide missions.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Dakshana Bascaramurty 2011
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Some bloggers have referred to the self-sacrificing group as the Suicide Corps and compared their resolve to that of the Second World War's kamikaze pilots, who boldly took on suicide missions.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Dakshana Bascaramurty 2011
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Proponents of same-sex marriage have justified their demand by presenting homosexual partners as devoted, self-sacrificing, and industrious adults.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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In film portrayals of African Americans, by the early 1970s, the sexless and self-sacrificing characters played by Sidney Poitier during the civil rights era had been replaced by hypersexual superheroes who had achieved spectacular wealth by means other than “working for the Man.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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After all, it's not really about me: what good is it me being all noble and self-sacrificing if the children lose out?
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I now think back on it and recognize it as one of the most admirable and self-sacrificing acts anyone has ever done for me.
Seeing Red: To Write Is to Edit Josh Ritter 2011
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As we have seen in previous stories, for example, the daughter of a self-sacrificing mother might pursue a career and avoid having children, intent on escaping the burdens encountered in the home.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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The bravest, and the most combative and self-sacrificing of our comrades went into the Fighting
Chapter 16: The End 2010
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This "we" is a character in its own right, experiencing Marstal's cycles of birth and death, becoming infected by the contagions of violence or rallied to higher self-sacrificing causes.
Going to Sea Once More Sam Sacks 2011
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It took me being a mom, watching him as a doting, self-sacrificing grandfather, to really appreciate all he did for me as a child.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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