self-forgetfulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-forgetfulness
Noun
  • The best advice networks are built on two key ingredients: generosity and trust.
    Lewis Schiff, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • Fuentes Espinal works in construction to support his family and has spent the last 15 years as a volunteer pastor at Iglesia del Nazareno Jesus Te Ama, also known as the Church of the Nazarene Jesus Loves You, where he is known for his sermons and generosity.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • But those same traits, like hedonism or a desire to dominate, can sometimes push them away from traits associated with goodness, like humility or altruism.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Back in the day, the USDA helped pay for screwworm eradication down to Panama out of not pure altruism but economic pragmatism: Establishing a 100-mile screwworm barrier there is cheaper than creating one at the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • How naive of me to expect that those in the public eye would at least pretend to possess tact, diplomacy, magnanimity and graciousness rather than bark and growl like an angry pit bull on a thick clanking chain.
    Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
  • His magnanimity may have been intended to compensate for his earlier razing of Rotterdam and to preclude his prosecution for ordering the extermination of thousands of Russian Jews.
    Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015
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“Self-forgetfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-forgetfulness. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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