self-abnegation
Example Sentences
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On the contrary, sometimes it unfolds out of the public eye; self-abnegation can be a reliable marker of character.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
But whatever it is that propelled Johns down the path of self-abnegation, the denial was never absolute or complete.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021
The close third-person narration of the novel gives readers intimate access to Marianne’s pain and self-abnegation, but some of this gets lost in adaptation.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020
But her self-abnegation, far from enabling her work, frustrates the fulfillment of her artistic potential, turning her books into lifeless “intellectual exercises.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2019
I knew a man once who used to say that self-abnegation was a thing not far removed from the philosopher’s stone.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram
