Unself
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Unself is a noun meaning That which is not the self.
Meaning
That which is not the self.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To deprive of, or detach from, the self.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- unselves
- unselfs
- unselfing
- unselfed
Synonyms for unself
Depending on context, synonyms include nonself.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conscious, non-self, nonself, nonobject, nonsubstance, nonorganism.
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