Unself

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which is not the self. countable, uncountable

    "Beckett's text for Neither is a fantasia on limbo, on the no-man's-land between self and unself, subject and object, where we are all forced to dwell: […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of, or detach from, the self. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
nonselfnonself

Example

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"Beckett's text for Neither is a fantasia on limbo, on the no-man's-land between self and unself, subject and object, where we are all forced to dwell: […]"

Etymology

From un- + self.

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