Similar words: self-effacing, effacement, placement, replacement, displacement, efface, self-abasement, replacement rate. Meaning: n. withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous.
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1 He was modest to the point of self-effacement.
2 The subject is a short word, implying the self-effacement of the lover.
3 self-effacement did not lead to timidity.
4 Self-effacement was the essence of his technique.
5 An American may disagree with Chinese's self-effacement, and call his friend from the Dragon Land dishonest.
6 The five attitudes, such as imperfection, emptiness, crookedness, clumsiness, and stuttering have a common character. They are modest, self-effacement, self-restraint and following-up.
7 The major characters in the novel, ei ther crazy about power-seeking or lost in self-effacement to resist the power passively, all ended in tragedy.
8 For all his reclusiveness, moreover, Mr. Salinger has none of the sage's self-effacement; his manner is a big and showy one, given to tours-de-force and to large emotional gestures.
9 The shaikh will lift him up through a path filled with difficulties, train him through worship, and guide him to a state of complete self-effacement .
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