self-forgetting

American  

[self-fer-get-ing, self-] / ˈsɛlf fərˈgɛt ɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

1. self-forgetful.

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Other Word Forms

• self-forgettingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of self-forgetting

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.

From MSNBC • Oct. 15, 2014

We need to learn of Him, and to be filled with His Spirit of self-forgetting, self-denying, self-sacrificing love.

From Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children by Patrick, James

Clodwig slept several hours, while Eric sat with the Banker, and drew refreshment from his self-forgetting sympathy.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

Albano was pure, true, human, frank, and hearty toward all; there was no vanity in his self-forgetting pride.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

We can repay our debt to our noble forefathers only by a like magnanimity, by a like self-forgetting care for the moral and material interests of our own posterity.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.