self-sacrifice

[ self-sak-ruh-fahys, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈsæk rəˌfaɪs, ˈsɛlf- /

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noun

sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.

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Origin of self-sacrifice

First recorded in 1795–1805

OTHER WORDS FROM self-sacrifice

self-sac·ri·fic·er, nounself-sac·ri·fi·cial

[self-sak-ruh-fish-uhl, self-], /ˈsɛlfˌsæk rəˈfɪʃ əl, ˌsɛlf-/, adjectiveself-sac·ri·fic·ing, adjectiveself-sac·ri·fic·ing·ly, adverb

self-sac·ri·fic·ing·ness, nounun·self-sac·ri·fi·cial, adjectiveun·self-sac·ri·fi·cial·ly, adverbun·self-sac·ri·fic·ing, adjective

Words nearby self-sacrifice

Selfridge, self-righteous, self-righting, self-rising, self-rule, self-sacrifice, selfsame, self-satisfaction, self-satisfied, self-satisfying, self-sealing

How to use self-sacrifice in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
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Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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Your sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
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British Dictionary definitions for self-sacrifice

self-sacrifice

noun

the sacrifice of one's own desires, interest, etc, for the sake of duty or for the well-being of others

Derived forms of self-sacrifice

self-sacrificing, adjectiveself-sacrificingly, adverb

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