selfness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of selfness
Example Sentences
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There is no amount of lawlessness we will not, at our convenience, argue was bestirred by someone else’s choices or selfness or lack of vigilance.
From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2015
You will inspire others to create their own selfness too!
From US News • Sep. 25, 2012
For the next two weeks, start giving yourself "random acts of selfness."
From US News • Sep. 25, 2012
Now will is the true principle of identity, of selfness, even in our common language.
From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson
Everyone is born nearer to God than to any ancestor, and it rests with him to cultivate either the godness or the selfness in him, his original or his mere ancestral nature.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George
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