a. (UN-1 7.)
1866. G. Macdonald, Ann. Q. Neighb., xxviii. Instances of quiet unselfconscious faith.
1834. Ruskin, Fors Clav., xcvi. 286. One who has in some signal … unself-conscious way done her duty.
1899. Stopf. Brooke, Eng. Lit., 146. This poem … belongs to the joyous, unself-conscious time.
So Unselfconsciousness.
Also, in recent use (1903–), unselfconsciously.
1838. J. Sterling, Ess., etc. (1848), I. 199. One other great form of poetry in which self-consciousness projects itself into external figures, and appears as unself-consciousness.
1894. Lucy H. M. Soulsby, Home Rule, 32. It may be urged that theatricals teach unself-consciousness, but this form of unself-consciousness is worth very little.
1950. Evelyn Quinlan, The Spirit Asleep, 236–7. Close association with Hadley had lately blunted his speech—but now he was expressing himself unselfconsciously in the language of other contacts.
