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self-effacement
self-effacement Self-effacement is the effort to turn attention away from oneself and one’s own troubles, and instead live by higher aims, useful work, and less self-centred feeling.
Self-effacement is the effort to turn attention away from oneself and one’s own troubles, and instead live by higher aims, useful work, and less self-centred feeling. In this historical source, it is presented as the opposite of self-consciousness, self-distrust, and selfish preoccupation.