From <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- + <span class="searchmatch">involvement</span>. <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">involvement</span> (uncountable) The quality of being <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-involved....
that counted most for him. disinvolvement noninvolvement overinvolvement reinvolvement <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-<span class="searchmatch">involvement</span> the act of <span class="searchmatch">involving</span> or state of being involved...
From <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- + giving. <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-giving (uncountable) surrender <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-sacrifice <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-giving (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-giving, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-giving) Performing...
always <span class="searchmatch">involves</span> humiliating <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-stultifying scrambling to crawl somewhere where we are not wanted; where we crouch panting like a whipped dog. <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-stultification...
without any person's <span class="searchmatch">involvement</span>. 2021 November 17, “Network News”, in RAIL, number 944, page 9, photo caption: Uncontrolled <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-set tree growth allowed...
good of others. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-abnegation, <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-denial Caring for a loved one with a chronic illness inevitably <span class="searchmatch">involves</span> <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-sacrifice. 1886 May – 1887...
<span class="searchmatch">self</span>-condensation From <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- + condensation. selfcondensation (countable and uncountable, plural selfcondensations) (chemistry) Any condensation reaction...
From <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- + cooling. <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-cooling (not comparable) Able to prevent itself from overheating. Coordinate term: <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-heating 2021 July 5, M. Di Capua H...
world; A retreat from <span class="searchmatch">involvement</span> with one's environment. 1998, Eileen Chang, Ailing Zhang, The Rice Sprout Song, page xi: Chang's <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-exile, however, aroused...
From <span class="searchmatch">self</span>- + rape. (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛlfˌɹeɪp/, /ˌsɛlfˈɹeɪp/ <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-rape (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">self</span>-rapes) An act of rape where...