self-interest
noun
Origin of self-interest
Related Words for self-interest
selfishness, self-absorption, arrogance, narcissism, self-confidence, egotism, self-possession, self-regard, egomania, presumption, self-love, boasting, overconfidence, vainglory, pride, gasconade, assurance, haughtiness, ostentation, vanityExamples from the Web for self-interest
Contemporary Examples of self-interest
Marrying yourself merely underscores selfishness and self-interest, rather than enabling you to live singly in the best way.
You have to be very angry to be at the point where you no longer have any self-interest.
“Better” means more courageous and more independent, less partisan and less motivated by self-interest.
Is that the ultimate message of House of Cards—that politics is all about self-interest?
Of course, Ford was motivated more by self-interest than by altruism.
Historical Examples of self-interest
Yes, for I know you have never been actuated by self-interest.
The Field of IceJules Verne
If the College is not what it should be, the more his self-interest should prompt him to bestow upon it his aid.
To Plato the whole world appears to be sunk in error, based on self-interest.
GorgiasPlato
He put their self-interest and the interests of their country side by side in front of them.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
It needed but one mind, keener in self-interest than the rest, and that mind was to hand.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum