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selfish

[ sel-fish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
Synonyms: self-interested, stingy, parsimonious, illiberal, egoistic, self-seeking
characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself:
selfish motives.

selfish

/ ˈsɛlfɪʃ /

chiefly concerned with one's own interest, advantage, etc, esp to the total exclusion of the interests of others
relating to or characterized by self-interest

Origin of selfish¹

First recorded in 1630–40; self + -ish ¹

Emetophobia tends to compromise my relationships, turning me into a selfish jerk.

Self-marriage is the ultimate brand extension of a self-obsessed, selfish populus.

Scrooge is still with us, not just in print but embodied in the cold hearts and selfish calculations of misanthropes everywhere.

What should have been a moment of reckoning for a selfish, serial liar instead ended with us pitying him.

What if an affair is a process of positive self-discovery rather than selfish carnal impulses?

His ambition is a purely selfish one, while mine is distinctly benevolent.

No, no,” added Mr. Pickwick more cheerfully, “it would be selfish and ungrateful.

One would imagine, to hear these (p. 171) people talk, that smoking was the only selfish indulgence in the world.

"I fear, for my part, it is only a very selfish pleasure," he said a trifle unctuously.

Let no opportunity be missed of exposing the true character of the vile and selfish agitators of the Anti-corn-law league.

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