self-effacement

1. 1.

   withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous

   Synonymseffacement

   Broaderwithdrawal

Questions about self-effacement

What does self-effacement mean?

self-effacement means "withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous".

How many syllables are in self-effacement?

self-effacement has 5 syllables and divides as sel-f-ef-fa-ce-ment under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for self-effacement?

Close synonyms include effacement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.