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
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