What does unself mean?
Unself means That which is not the self..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
That which is not the self..
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: […]
The goal, said [Simone] Weil, — and the British writer Iris Murdoch after her — was to unself. The whole point, in their supposition, was to turn one’s attention toward the bigger questions.
Use unself when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unself means That which is not the self..
Common synonyms include nonself.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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: […]
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