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# unselfishness

«unselfishness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The quality of thinking of others before yourself and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

The quality of thinking of others before yourself and giving things away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unselfishness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a virtue praised in the tales; the princess's unselfishness shows when she gives up everything for others; in school it means sharing and helping

### examples

- Sharing your last sweet shows unselfishness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unselfishness/#x1)
- The princess was known for her unselfishness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unselfishness/#x2)
- Mia's unselfishness made her friends happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unselfishness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unselfishness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unselfishness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.