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What does self-effacement mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
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There is, in this concern for self-effacement where the polyphony of being is affirmed, a contemporary life finding its justification.
In Lasallian terms, self-effacement and commitment are moulded into one characteristic expression, zeal.
It is a quest to do with self-effacement in the resurgence of the image of me.
So, despite their apparent self-effacement, women played a major role in restoring peace in traditional society.
This type of action is often seen as expressing an artist's desire for self-effacement.
The teacher's self-effacement and commitment are like the two sides of the same coin, his fundamental attitude toward his relations in education.

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