unselfish

English

Etymology

un- +‎ selfish.

Adjective

unselfish (comparative more unselfish, superlative most unselfish)

Not selfish
The man was in an unselfish mood that day, so decided to give a £20 note to the next charity he came across.

Synonyms: selfless, generous, altruistic

Synonyms

Antonyms

selfish

Translations

not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic

Catalan: desinteressat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無私的, 无私的 (wúsī)
Czech: nesobecký m
Danish: uselvisk
Dutch: onbaatzuchtig (nl), onzelfzuchtig (nl)
Finnish: epäitsekäs
French: généreux (fr) m, généreuse (fr) f
Georgian: უანგარო (uangaro), ალტრუისტული (alṭruisṭuli), არაეგოისტური (araegoisṭuri)
German: uneigennützig (de), selbstlos (de)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: önzetlen (hu)
Italian: altruista (it), altruistico (it)
Japanese: 利他的 (ritateki); (generous) 献身的 (kenshinteki)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uselvisk (no)

Nynorsk: usjølvisk
Polish: bezinteresowny (pl)
Portuguese: generoso (pt)
Russian: бескоры́стный (ru) (beskorýstnyj)
Spanish: altruista (es), desprendido (es), generoso (es)
Swedish: osjälvisk (sv), oegennyttig, altruistisk (sv)

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