unselfishness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others
rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do their urban cousins
Types & categories
- generosity hypernym
- selflessness hyponym
Related & opposite
- selfishness antonym
- unselfish derivation
- unselfish derivation
Sense 2 noun
acting generously
Types & categories
- share-out hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | selfishness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unselfish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unselfish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | generosity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | selflessness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unselfish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unselfish |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | share-out |