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selflessness - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From selfless +‎ -ness.

selflessness (usually uncountable, plural selflessnesses)

  1. The quality or state of being selfless.
    Antonym: selfishness
    • 2011 March 19, Nicholas Kristof, “The Japanese Could Teach Us a Thing or Two”, in The New York Times[1]:

      But the truth is that I came to cherish Japan’s civility and selflessness.

quality or state of being selfless