"selfless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Englisch]

IPA: ˈselfləs Audio: En-us-selfless.ogg Forms: selfless [positive], more selfless [comparative], most selfless [superlative]
  1. selbstlos, uneigennützig
    Sense id: de-selfless-en-adj-LIfZQIj2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: altruistic Derived forms: selflessly, selflessness Translations (selbstlos, uneigennützig): selbstlos (Deutsch), uneigennützig (Deutsch)
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    "zusammengesetzt aus self ^(→ en) „selbst“ und -less ^(→ en) „-los“"
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "selbstlos"
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