Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used especially of behavior
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pillar goes on to mention the statements of the various Republican candidates except Ron Paul whose pledges to Israel are even more self-abnegating from an American point of view.
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But love that is self-abnegating, all-consuming, and totally erases any kind of independence looks a lot more like domestic violence than fabulous romance, and doormats aren't actually very interesting as protagonists.
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• On Twitter, Jeffrey Archer offers a characteristically self-abnegating take on events: "It is not often that I regret not being Mayor of London," he tweets, "but I do this morning."
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The UK Nannystate is so accustomed to making everything “easier” for its citizenry, so in the habit of removing challenges from the lives of the English people, that it cannot understand the concept of purposely doing something difficult, challenging and self-abnegating.
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But love that is self-abnegating, all-consuming, and totally erases any kind of independence looks a lot more like domestic violence than fabulous romance, and doormats aren't actually very interesting as protagonists.
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In other words, the maverick who offers himself up as a possible leader is either promising to be one of the most self-abnegating and self-disciplined people alive or he's warning you he's going to be a tyrant.
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And the monastic, self-abnegating Shankaracharya was a perfect ambassador for this nothingness.
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I, Fenris Badwulf, self-abnegating and least self-aggrandizing servant of You, The People of Mitchieville, wrote this. posted by Fenris Badwulf at 3: 19 AM
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And the monastic, self-abnegating Shankaracharya was a perfect ambassador for this nothingness.
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And the monastic, self-abnegating Shankaracharya was a perfect ambassador for this nothingness.
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