self-effacement

self-effacement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
Old French esfacier
French effacer
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-məntom
Latin -mentum
Old French -ment
Middle French -ment
French -ment
French effacementbor.
English effacement
English self-effacement

    From self- + effacement.

    Noun

    self-effacement (usually uncountable, plural self-effacements)

    1. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
      John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.

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