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self-denial
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Self-denial
Self-denial (also called self-abnegation and self-sacrifice) refers to altruistic abstinence – the willingness to forgo personal pleasures or undergo personal trials in the pursuit of the increased good of another. Various religions and cultures take differing views of self-denial, some considering it a positive trait and others considering it a negative one. According to some Christians, self-denial is considered a superhuman virtue only obtainable through Jesus. Some critics of self-denial suggest that self-denial can lead to self-hatred and claim that the self-denial practiced in Judaism has created self-hating Jews.
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self-denial
Noun
1. the trait of practicing self discipline
(synonym) self-discipline
(hypernym) discipline
(hyponym) austerity, asceticism, nonindulgence
2. the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
(synonym) self-discipline, self-control
(hypernym) control
(hyponym) abstinence
3. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
(synonym) abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-renunciation
(hypernym) selflessness, self-sacrifice
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Self-denial
(n.)
The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
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Albigensianism, Catharism, Franciscanism, Sabbatarianism, Trappism, Waldensianism, Yoga, abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, altruism, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, aplomb, asceticism, austerity, calm, calmness, commitment, composure, consecration, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, dedication, denial, desisting, devotion, discipline, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, eremitism, evenness, fasting, flagellation, forbearance, frugality, gentleness, giving up, golden mean, happy medium, hardship, humility, impartiality, independence, judiciousness, juste-milieu, lenity, maceration, magnanimity, meden agan, mendicantism, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, modesty, monachism, monasticism, mortification, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, possession, privation, prudence, puritanism, refusal, refusing, renouncement, renouncing, renunciation, repose, restraint, rigor, sacrifice, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-command, self-conquest, self-control, self-devotion, self-discipline, self-effacement, self-forgetful, self-forgetfulness, self-government, self-immolation, self-mastery, self-mortification, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-possession, self-renouncement, self-restraint, self-sacrifice, self-sacrificing, self-subjection, selflessness, serenity, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, stability, steadiness, suffering, swearing off, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unacquisitiveness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, via media, voluntary poverty
Albigensianism, Catharism, Franciscanism, Sabbatarianism, Trappism, Waldensianism, Yoga, abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, altruism, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, aplomb, asceticism, austerity, calm, calmness, commitment, composure, consecration, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, dedication, denial, desisting, devotion, discipline, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, eremitism, evenness, fasting, flagellation, forbearance, frugality, gentleness, giving up, golden mean, happy medium, hardship, humility, impartiality, independence, judiciousness, juste-milieu, lenity, maceration, magnanimity, meden agan, mendicantism, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, modesty, monachism, monasticism, mortification, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, possession, privation, prudence, puritanism, refusal, refusing, renouncement, renouncing, renunciation, repose, restraint, rigor, sacrifice, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-command, self-conquest, self-control, self-devotion, self-discipline, self-effacement, self-forgetful, self-forgetfulness, self-government, self-immolation, self-mastery, self-mortification, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-possession, self-renouncement, self-restraint, self-sacrifice, self-sacrificing, self-subjection, selflessness, serenity, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, stability, steadiness, suffering, swearing off, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unacquisitiveness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, via media, voluntary poverty
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