self-transcendence
noun
self-tran·scen·dence
ˌself-tran(t)-ˈsen-dən(t)s
: the act of transcending oneself or the capacity to transcend oneself
"If you're going to be a leader, you're going to have to have a very loose relationship with this thing you call 'I' or 'me,'" he shouted. "Maybe … life is not about the self but about self-transcendence!"—The New York Times
… self-transcendence means that the individual's own needs are put aside to some degree in favor of service to others.—Jeremy Herschler
And awe itself can lead to what David Yaden, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Centre, describes as self-transcendence—the experience of shedding one's sense of self to feel part of something larger.—Leigh Ann Henion
self-transcendent
adjective
self-transcendent values
self-transcendent altruism
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