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Definition of Self-effacing
1. Adjective. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
Definition of Self-effacing
1. Adjective. Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-effacing
Literary usage of Self-effacing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1898)
"From those early forms where birth brought death, as in the flowering aloe, the
ephemeral may-fly, up to the highest glory of self-effacing love; ..."
2. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"be hesitant, timid, bashful, self-effacing (in relation to someone in authority).
self-manifestation self-manifestation. self-possessed soro- (unsp. ..."
3. America and the New Era: A Symposium on Social Reconstruction by Elisha Michael Friedman (1920)
"The gallantry of millions of youths marching to the front has been fairly matched
by the self- effacing service of other millions who have had to stay at ..."
4. America and the New Era: A Symposium on Social Reconstruction by Elisha Michael Friedman (1920)
"The gallantry of millions of youths marching to the front has been fairly matched
by the self- effacing service of other millions who have had to stay at ..."
5. Elementary Principles of Economics by Irving Fisher (1912)
"In capital accounts the self-effacing items were debts; in income accounts the
self-effacing items were interactions. ..."
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