self-devotion

[ self-di-voh-shuh n, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf dɪˈvoʊ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.

devotion of oneself to the care or service of another or others; self-sacrifice: Her self-devotion to her sick mother prevented her from finishing college.

Origin of self-devotion

First recorded in 1805–15

OTHER WORDS FROM self-devotion

self-de·vot·ed, adjective self-de·vot·ed·ly, adverb self-de·vot·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby self-devotion

self-destruction, self-destructive, self-determination, self-determinism, self-development, self-devotion, self-diagnosis, self-directed, self-discipline, self-dissociation, self-distrust

Example sentences from the Web for self-devoted

The name of Brutus has, by Plutarch's beautiful narrative, sublimed by Shakespeare, become a byword for self-devoted patriotism.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2 |Various
Nothing is more striking or more admirable than the self-devoted apostleship of the earlier period.

A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I |Francis Parkman
The self-devoted victim was in an arm chair, hanging over on one side, his right cheek and ear torn almost off, and speechless.

The Sylph, Volume I and II |Georgiana Cavendish
Here was the self-devoted instrument, waiting to be employed.

Heart and Science |Wilkie Collins

The high, the generous, the self-devoted sect will always instruct and command mankind.

Essays, First Series |Ralph Waldo Emerson