self-interest

[ self-in-ter-ist, -trist, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈɪn tər ɪst, -trɪst, ˈsɛlf- /

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noun

regard for one's own interest or advantage, especially with disregard for others.

personal interest or advantage.

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Origin of self-interest

First recorded in 1640–50

OTHER WORDS FROM self-interest

self-in·ter·est·ed, adjectiveself-in·ter·est·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby self-interest

self-initiated, self-instructional, self-insurance, self-insure, self-insurer, self-interest, selfish, selfishness, self-judgment, self-justification, self-justifying

How to use self-interest in a sentence

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Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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But in the case of black women, another study found no lack of interest.
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But if you have a hearing and you prove that someone is mature enough, well then that state interest evaporates.
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In the parish churches, many of which are of great interest, the predominant styles are Decorated and Perpendicular.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4|Various
And with some expressions of mutual good-will and interest, master and man separated.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
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British Dictionary definitions for self-interest

self-interest

noun

one's personal interest or advantage

the act or an instance of pursuing one's own interest

Derived forms of self-interest

self-interested, adjectiveself-interestedness, noun

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