self-effacement

English

Etymology

self- +‎ effacement

Noun

self-effacement (usually uncountable, plural self-effacements)

The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.

Derived terms

Translations

keeping in the background

Finnish: vaatimattomuus (fi)

Persian: محو‎ (fa) (mahv)

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