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Webster 1828 Edition

Unselfish

UNSELF'ISH

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Adj.

Not selfish; not unduly attached to one's own interest.

Definition 2024

unselfish

unselfish

English

Adjective

unselfish ‎(comparative more unselfish, superlative most unselfish)

Not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic.
The man was in an unselfish mood that day, so decided to give a £20 note to the next charity he came across.

Synonyms

Antonyms

selfish

Translations

not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic

Catalan: desinteressat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無私的, 无私的 ‎(wúsī)
Czech: nesobecký m
Dutch: onbaatzuchtig (nl), onzelfzuchtig (nl)
Finnish: epäitsekäs
French: généreux (fr) m, généreuse (fr) f
Georgian: უანგარო ‎(uangaro), ალტრუისტული ‎(alṭruisṭuli), არაეგოისტური ‎(araegoisṭuri)
German: uneigennützig (de), selbstlos (de)
Hebrew:

Hungarian: önzetlen (hu)
Italian: altruista (it), altruistico (it)
Japanese: 利他的 ‎(ritateki); (generous) 献身的 ‎(kenshinteki)
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: usjølvisk
Polish: bezinteresowny (pl)
Portuguese: generoso (pt)
Russian: бескоры́стный (ru) ‎(beskorýstnyj)
Spanish: altruista (es), desprendido (es), generoso (es)
Swedish: osjälvisk (sv), oegennyttig, altruistisk (sv)