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单词 self-abnegation
释义

self-abnegation

noun

self-ab·​ne·​ga·​tion ˌself-ˌab-ni-ˈgā-shən How to pronounce self-abnegation (audio)
plural self-abnegations
: self-denial, self-sacrifice
… the notion that having a baby demands complete and total self-abnegation, and anything short of that is not enough. Jessi Klein

Synonyms

  • abstinence
  • continence
  • self-denial
  • sobriety
  • temperance
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Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined above

self-abnegation

noun

as in temperance
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites even after acquiring great wealth, he continued to practice a kind of puritanical self-abnegation

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • temperance
  • self-denial
  • discipline
  • abstinence
  • restraint
  • sobriety
  • continence
  • forbearance
  • asceticism
  • self-mastery
  • self-discipline
  • austerity
  • self-command
  • self-control
  • control

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • greed
  • rapacity
  • gluttony
  • rapaciousness
  • self-indulgence
  • voraciousness
  • voracity
  • sensuality
  • hedonism
  • sybaritism
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