non-egotisticaladj.
/ˌnɒnɛɡəˈtɪstᵻkl/, /ˌnɒniːɡəˈtɪstᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑnˌiɡəˈtɪstək(ə)l/, /ˈˌnɑnˌiɡoʊˈtɪstək(ə)l/ 1. Not intrusive in the display of one's own personality or interpretation; not centred on or obtrusive in reference to oneself; cf. egotism n. 1. Also (now chiefly): characterized by a lack of self-conceit; modest, self-effacing; cf. egotism n. 2.
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > self-effacing
self-effacing1854
non-assertive1869
self-effacive1894
non-egotistical1905
unpushy1908
1905 W. L. MacKenzie in Mind New Ser. 14 107 Bain is simple, sincere, unemotional, severely objective, non-egotistical. He was concerned to state the essentials of his intellectual growth, not to paint an interesting literary portrait.
1922 J. L. Strachey Adventure of Living 89 I don't think I can ever remember a dream, except this one about my son, which was of a non-egotistical kind, that is, in which somebody else speaks and of which I am not the centre.
1989 Sports Illustr. (Electronic ed.) 6 Nov. Roger has been an excellent teaching coach... He is low-key, non-egotistical and calm.
2001 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 9 May b9 He permitted himself a little poetic license in the slow movement, but overall this was a pleasingly convincing and non-egotistical reading of a piece that usually gets saddled with more ‘interpetation’ than is good for it.
2. Characterized by a lack of self-interest; altruistic; beyond the merely physical or instinctive; spiritual. Cf. egoism n. 2.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > altruistic
altruistic1853
otherselfish1877
other-regarding1879
alter-egoistic1880
other-centred1925
non-egotistical1935
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > in contrast to corporeal
spirituala1382
spiritala1425
non-egotistical1935
1935 M. Demiashkevich Introd. Philos. of Educ. 340 The basic dualism of human nature seems to be man's tendency to oscillate between the egotistical and the non-egotistical or altruistic, between the material and spiritual.
1960 F. E. M. D. Winkler Man 197 Nothing but belief in his spiritual nature, and appeal to his nonegotistical, nonbiological potentialities, can awaken in a child love for freedom and moral values.
1985 P. De Silva in M. D. Bryant & R. H. Mataragnon Many Faces of Relig. & Society 37 The dynamic psychology of Buddhism also provides a scheme of evaluating motives that are nonegotistical, nonaggressive, springing from detachment, compassion, knowledge, etc.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1905