Antonyms for unselfishness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhn-sel-fish

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsɛl fɪʃ

Definition of unselfishness

Origin : 1690s, from un- (1) "not" + selfish. Cf. Danish uselvisk, Swedish osjälfvisk. Related: Unselfishly; unselfishness.

noun generosity

Example sentences :

I must have had a glimmer of reason then, a trace of decency and unselfishness.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Here was the selfishness of man and the unselfishness of woman answered.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It was his conviction that unselfishness was stimulated by football.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

Organizations with vision and unselfishness must begin to replace them.
Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 » by Various

In the home there is unselfishness, thoughtfulness, and love expressed.
Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter

Do you mean by it unselfishness, courage, truthfulness, or any other virtue?
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

In her unselfishness she had committed the error of dividing herself from him.
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

God will see to it that they do not lose by their unselfishness.
Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness

I know this is his true conviction, but he is in love, and he measures her by his own unselfishness.
Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes

And the secret of it all lies in truth, in love, in purity, and in unselfishness.
Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous

Synonyms for unselfishness

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