selfless

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

selfless

Wikipedia

Etymology

From self +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

selfless (comparative more selfless, superlative most selfless)

1. Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.

   In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.

   • 2011 October 3, Natalie Angier, “The Pathological Altruist Gives Till Someone Hurts”, in The New York Times‎:

     Because a certain degree of selfless behavior is essential to the smooth performance of any human group, selflessness run amok can crop up in political contexts.

Derived terms

• selfless dependent
• selflessly
• selflessness

Translations

having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish

Arabic: غَيْرِيّ (ḡayriyy), إِيثَارِيّ (ʔīṯāriyy) Belarusian: самаадда́ны (samaaddány), самаахвя́рны (samaaxvjárny), бескарысто́ўны (bjeskarystówny), некары́слівы (njekarýslivy) Bulgarian: самоотве́ржен (bg) (samootvéržen), безкори́стен (bg) (bezkorísten), самоотве́ржен (bg) (samootvéržen), себеотрицателен (bg) (sebeotricatelen) Chinese: Mandarin: 無私 / 无私 (zh) (wúsī), 公而忘私 (zh) (gōng'érwàngsī), 忘我的 (zh) (wàngwǒ de) Czech: obětavý, nesobecký Esperanto: egoisma Finnish: epäitsekäs (fi) French: dévoué (fr), altruiste (fr) Georgian: თავდაუზოგავი (tavdauzogavi), თავდადებული (tavdadebuli) German: selbstlos (de), uneigennützig (de) Greek: ανιδιοτελής (el) (anidiotelís), αφίλαυτος (afílaftos), φιλάλληλος (el) (filállilos), αλτρουιστής (el) (altrouistís) Hungarian: önzetlen (hu) Italian: altruista (it), altruistico (it), disinteressato (it) Japanese: 無私無欲の (むしむよくの, mushimuyoku no) Korean: 이타적(利他的) (itajeok), 리타적(利他的) (ritajeok) (North Korea), 사심 없는 (sasim eomneun) Kyrgyz: өзгөчүл (özgöcül) Macedonian: несебичен (nesebičen) Manx: neuhondagh Polish: ofiarny (pl), bezinteresowny (pl) Portuguese: altruísta (pt), desinteressado (pt) m Romanian: dezinteresat (ro) Russian: самоотве́рженный (ru) (samootvéržennyj), бескоры́стный (ru) (beskorýstnyj) Slovak: obetavý, nesebecký Spanish: desinteresado (es), abnegado (es), altruista (es) Swedish: osjälvisk (sv) Tamil: தன்னலமற்ற (taṉṉalamaṟṟa) Turkish: fedakâr (tr), özgecil (tr), özverili (tr) Ukrainian: самові́дданий (samovíddanyj), безкори́сливий (uk) (bezkorýslyvyj), некори́сливий (nekorýslyvyj)