"self-abnegatory" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From self- + abnegatory.",
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      "form": "more self-abnegatory",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1892, Edgar Saltus, chapter 8, in Imperial Purple, Chicago: Morrill, Higgins, page 193:",
          "text": "one for whom that purple mantle was too gaudy, and yet who bore it, as he bore everything else, in that self-abnegatory spirit which the higher reaches of philosophy bring",
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        {
          "ref": "1921, Rose Macaulay, chapter 4, in Dangerous Ages, London: W. Collins Sons, page 76:",
          "text": "Women are so terrifically self-abnegatory; they must give, give, give, to some one all the time. Women, that is, of the mothering type, such as these.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Aidan Chambers, Breaktime, London: Red Fox, published 1995, page 66:",
          "text": "In his present self-abnegatory mood, he will not acknowledge himself able to feel anything honest and noble.",
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        }
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        "Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's)."
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          "self-abnegation",
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        [
          "denial",
          "denial#English"
        ],
        [
          "invalidation",
          "invalidation#English"
        ],
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          "need",
          "need#English"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest#English"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "self-sacrificing"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-abnegatory"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From self- + abnegatory.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more self-abnegatory",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most self-abnegatory",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1892, Edgar Saltus, chapter 8, in Imperial Purple, Chicago: Morrill, Higgins, page 193:",
          "text": "one for whom that purple mantle was too gaudy, and yet who bore it, as he bore everything else, in that self-abnegatory spirit which the higher reaches of philosophy bring",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1921, Rose Macaulay, chapter 4, in Dangerous Ages, London: W. Collins Sons, page 76:",
          "text": "Women are so terrifically self-abnegatory; they must give, give, give, to some one all the time. Women, that is, of the mothering type, such as these.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Aidan Chambers, Breaktime, London: Red Fox, published 1995, page 66:",
          "text": "In his present self-abnegatory mood, he will not acknowledge himself able to feel anything honest and noble.",
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        "Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's)."
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          "denial",
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          "invalidation",
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          "need",
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          "interest",
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