selfnessn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛlfnəs/, U.S.

/ˈsɛlfnəs/

Forms: see self pron., adj., n., and adv. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self n., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < self n. + -ness suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier selfhood n.; in quot. 1611 after French †mesmeté (1587 in Middle French).

1. Self-centredness; egotism; selfishness. Also occasionally with neutral sense: due regard for oneself. Formerly also as a count noun: †an instance, act, or example of selfishness (obsolete). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness

selfness1574

self-regard1595

selfishness1628

selffulness1640

suicism1654

selliea1758

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > selfish acts

selfness1574

the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > [noun]

pridec1325

self-regard1761

self-respect1765

self-respectfulness1876

selfness1883

1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Prophetie Spirit of Loue iii. f. 9 O Yee Sluggish to the Will of the highest God, yee Seekers of your owne Selfnes, in the Seruice of the Loue.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 26 Wholie Hers, all selfnes hee forbeares.

a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) xvii. 240 This Noble Secretary..moved, but not removed with those selfenesses of my opinion.

1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 158 That selfness which made the Temptation [of Adam and Eve] prevalent.

1712 A. W. Boehm in tr. J. Arndt Of True Christianity I. Pref. p. xxxii If the Controversie in Hand should border upon any Thing of Interest, Lust, Honour, or any other Branch of corrupted Selfness.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 27 Now to a savage selfness grown, Think nature barely serves for one.

1883 H. W. Beecher in Christian World Pulpit 24 404 Religion is the power to deliver men from sinful, animal selfishness into a benevolent and other-seeking selfness.

1896 J. Field tr. C. H. de Marsay New Life in Christ Jesus xv. 143 No more mercy, it is for sinners, it tolerates still in them many selfnesses and selfish views.

1946 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 9 Nov. 4/2 One of the greatest causes of our trouble..is that we harbor selfness. We are all wrapped up in ourselves, and our own concerns.

2. Personality; identity; essence.Now the more usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]

heartOE

erda1000

moodOE

i-mindOE

i-cundeOE

costc1175

lundc1175

evena1200

kinda1225

custc1275

couragec1300

the manner ofc1300

qualityc1300

talentc1330

attemperancec1374

complexionc1386

dispositiona1387

propertyc1390

naturea1393

assay1393

inclinationa1398

gentlenessa1400

proprietya1400

habitudec1400

makingc1400

conditionc1405

habitc1405

conceitc1425

affecta1460

ingeny1477

engine1488

stomach?1510

mind?a1513

ingine1533

affection1534

vein1536

humour?1563

natural1564

facultyc1565

concept1566

frame1567

temperature1583

geniusa1586

bent1587

constitution1589

composition1597

character1600

tune1600

qualification1602

infusion1604

spirits1604

dispose1609

selfness1611

disposure1613

composurea1616

racea1616

tempera1616

crasisc1616

directiona1639

grain1641

turn1647

complexure1648

genie1653

make1674

personality1710

tonea1751

bearing1795

liver1800

make-up1821

temperament1821

naturalness1850

selfhood1854

Wesen1854

naturel1856

sit1857

fibre1864

character structure1873

mentality1895

mindset1909

psyche1910

where it's (he's, she's) at1967

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]

pitheOE

i-cundeeOE

roota1325

substancec1330

juicec1380

marrowa1382

formc1385

acta1398

quidditya1398

substantial forma1398

inward1398

savourc1400

inwardc1450

allaya1456

essencya1475

being1521

bottom1531

spirit?1534

summary1548

ecceity1549

core1556

flower1568

formality1570

sum and substance1572

alloy1594

soul1598

inwardness1605

quid1606

fibre1607

selfness1611

whatness1611

essentialityc1616

propera1626

the whole shot1628

substantiala1631

esse1642

entity1643

virtuality1646

ingeny1647

quoddity1647

intimacy1648

ens1649

inbeing1661

essence1667

interiority1701

intrinsic1716

stamen1758

character1761

quidditas1782

hyparxis1792

rasa1800

bone1829

what1861

isness1865

inscape1868

as-suchness1909

Wesen1959

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or selfhood

personage1531

selfhood1568

identity1596

selfness1611

personship1645

egoity1651

I-hood1653

ipseity1659

inbeing1661

minehood1662

my-ness1662

selfship1664

personal identity1694

seity1709

personality1710

proprium1781

me1828

I-shipa1834

I-ety1835

selfdom1848

ownhood1856

I-ness1870

ego-hood1873

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mesmeté, selfenesse.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. P6^v The most profound and centrall energie, The very selfnesse of the soul.

1789 T. Cooper Tracts Ethical, Theol. & Polit. (new ed.) 298 This complex idea [of self], perpetually occurs from perpetual repetitions of the impressions, which first gave rise to it. Hence the idea of perpetual, or continuous selfness, sameness or identity.

1874 W. Jackson Philos. Nat. Theol. iii. 151 We entertain really no doubt whatever of our own continued sameness, and individual existence. We are quite sure that our self-ness has gone on throughout the years of our natural life.

1917 P. Coffey Epistemology II. iv. xiii. 17 Some data of our conscious cognition are marked by a peculiar feature which intellect interprets as internality or selfness.

2014 M. Rothblatt Virtually Human ii. 75 This is the question of diachronic selfness: How much of our identity must persist through time to be the same identity?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	selfness
释义	selfnessn. Brit. /ˈsɛlfnəs/, U.S. /ˈsɛlfnəs/ Forms: see self pron., adj., n., and adv. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self n., -ness suffix. Etymology: < self n. + -ness suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier selfhood n.; in quot. 1611 after French †mesmeté (1587 in Middle French). 1. Self-centredness; egotism; selfishness. Also occasionally with neutral sense: due regard for oneself. Formerly also as a count noun: †an instance, act, or example of selfishness (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness selfness1574 self-regard1595 selfishness1628 selffulness1640 suicism1654 selliea1758 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > selfish acts selfness1574 the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > [noun] pridec1325 self-regard1761 self-respect1765 self-respectfulness1876 selfness1883 1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Prophetie Spirit of Loue iii. f. 9 O Yee Sluggish to the Will of the highest God, yee Seekers of your owne Selfnes, in the Seruice of the Loue. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 26 Wholie Hers, all selfnes hee forbeares. a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) xvii. 240 This Noble Secretary..moved, but not removed with those selfenesses of my opinion. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 158 That selfness which made the Temptation [of Adam and Eve] prevalent. 1712 A. W. Boehm in tr. J. Arndt Of True Christianity I. Pref. p. xxxii If the Controversie in Hand should border upon any Thing of Interest, Lust, Honour, or any other Branch of corrupted Selfness. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 27 Now to a savage selfness grown, Think nature barely serves for one. 1883 H. W. Beecher in Christian World Pulpit 24 404 Religion is the power to deliver men from sinful, animal selfishness into a benevolent and other-seeking selfness. 1896 J. Field tr. C. H. de Marsay New Life in Christ Jesus xv. 143 No more mercy, it is for sinners, it tolerates still in them many selfnesses and selfish views. 1946 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 9 Nov. 4/2 One of the greatest causes of our trouble..is that we harbor selfness. We are all wrapped up in ourselves, and our own concerns. 2. Personality; identity; essence.Now the more usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] heartOE erda1000 moodOE i-mindOE i-cundeOE costc1175 lundc1175 evena1200 kinda1225 custc1275 couragec1300 the manner ofc1300 qualityc1300 talentc1330 attemperancec1374 complexionc1386 dispositiona1387 propertyc1390 naturea1393 assay1393 inclinationa1398 gentlenessa1400 proprietya1400 habitudec1400 makingc1400 conditionc1405 habitc1405 conceitc1425 affecta1460 ingeny1477 engine1488 stomach?1510 mind?a1513 ingine1533 affection1534 vein1536 humour?1563 natural1564 facultyc1565 concept1566 frame1567 temperature1583 geniusa1586 bent1587 constitution1589 composition1597 character1600 tune1600 qualification1602 infusion1604 spirits1604 dispose1609 selfness1611 disposure1613 composurea1616 racea1616 tempera1616 crasisc1616 directiona1639 grain1641 turn1647 complexure1648 genie1653 make1674 personality1710 tonea1751 bearing1795 liver1800 make-up1821 temperament1821 naturalness1850 selfhood1854 Wesen1854 naturel1856 sit1857 fibre1864 character structure1873 mentality1895 mindset1909 psyche1910 where it's (he's, she's) at1967 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] pitheOE i-cundeeOE roota1325 substancec1330 juicec1380 marrowa1382 formc1385 acta1398 quidditya1398 substantial forma1398 inward1398 savourc1400 inwardc1450 allaya1456 essencya1475 being1521 bottom1531 spirit?1534 summary1548 ecceity1549 core1556 flower1568 formality1570 sum and substance1572 alloy1594 soul1598 inwardness1605 quid1606 fibre1607 selfness1611 whatness1611 essentialityc1616 propera1626 the whole shot1628 substantiala1631 esse1642 entity1643 virtuality1646 ingeny1647 quoddity1647 intimacy1648 ens1649 inbeing1661 essence1667 interiority1701 intrinsic1716 stamen1758 character1761 quidditas1782 hyparxis1792 rasa1800 bone1829 what1861 isness1865 inscape1868 as-suchness1909 Wesen1959 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or selfhood personage1531 selfhood1568 identity1596 selfness1611 personship1645 egoity1651 I-hood1653 ipseity1659 inbeing1661 minehood1662 my-ness1662 selfship1664 personal identity1694 seity1709 personality1710 proprium1781 me1828 I-shipa1834 I-ety1835 selfdom1848 ownhood1856 I-ness1870 ego-hood1873 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mesmeté, selfenesse. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. P6^v The most profound and centrall energie, The very selfnesse of the soul. 1789 T. Cooper Tracts Ethical, Theol. & Polit. (new ed.) 298 This complex idea [of self], perpetually occurs from perpetual repetitions of the impressions, which first gave rise to it. Hence the idea of perpetual, or continuous selfness, sameness or identity. 1874 W. Jackson Philos. Nat. Theol. iii. 151 We entertain really no doubt whatever of our own continued sameness, and individual existence. We are quite sure that our self-ness has gone on throughout the years of our natural life. 1917 P. Coffey Epistemology II. iv. xiii. 17 Some data of our conscious cognition are marked by a peculiar feature which intellect interprets as internality or selfness. 2014 M. Rothblatt Virtually Human ii. 75 This is the question of diachronic selfness: How much of our identity must persist through time to be the same identity? 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