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Definition of Self-effacement
1. Noun. Withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous.
Definition of Self-effacement
1. Noun. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-effacement
Literary usage of Self-effacement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critical Miscellanies, Second Series by John Morley (1877)
"... Mr. Mill's quality of self-effacement, and his steadfast care to look anywhere
rather than- in his own personal merits, for the source of any of those ..."
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