not oneself
Example Sentences
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She said this “new” ethic should be based on Thomas Aquinas’s definition of love: willing the good of the other for the sake of that person and not oneself.
From Washington Post
They seem not to care, or understand, that the masks are worn primarily to protect others, not oneself.
From Washington Post
Provided of course that it affects other people and not oneself.
From New York Times
To write a novel, Murdoch continues, is to quickly discover that “however much one is in the ordinary sense ‘interested in other people’, this interest has left one far short of possessing the knowledge required to create a real character who is not oneself.
From The Guardian
It is not oneself but something in the universe that one’s left with.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
