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1. (adj.) selfish
caring only or chiefly for oneself; concerned with one's own interests, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
2. selfish
characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself:
selfish motives.
Etymology: (1630–40)
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| Definition of 'selfish' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) selfish
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
"Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman
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1. (adjective) selfish
caring only about yourself and not about others
a selfish, spoiled child; Your behavior was selfish and unkind.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) selfish
caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others
2. (adj) selfish
believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self
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Sense: (negativeunselfish) thinking of one's own pleasure or good and not considering other people
a selfish person/attitude.
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 Afrikaans: selfsugtig |
 Arabic: أناني |
 Bulgarian: егоистичен |
 Brazilian: egoísta |
 Czech: sobecký |
 German: selbstsüchtig |
 Danish: egoistisk |
 Greek: εγωιστικός |
 Spanish: egoísta |
 Estonian: isekas |
 Farsi: خودخواه |
 Finnish: itsekäs |
 French: égoïste |
 Hebrew: אָנוֹכִי |
 Hindi: स्वार्थी |
 Croatian: sebičan |
 Hungarian: önző |
 Indonesian: mementingkan diri sendiri |
 Icelandic: eigingjarn; sem ber vott |
 Italian: egoista |
 Japanese: 利己的な |
 Korean: 이기적인 |
 Lithuanian: savanaudis |
 Latvian: egoistisks; savtīgs |
 Malay: pentingkan diri sendiri |
 Dutch: zelfzuchtig |
 Norwegian: egoistisk, egenkjærlig |
 Polish: egoistyczny |
 Persian: خودخواه |
 Pashto: خود خواه |
 Portuguese: egoísta |
 Romanian: egoist |
 Russian: эгоистический, эгоистичны |
 Slovak: sebecký |
 Slovenian: sebičen |
 Serbian: sebičan |
 Swedish: självisk |
 Thai: เห็นแก่ตัว |
 Turkish: bencil, egoist |
 Taiwanese: 自私的 |
 Ukrainian: егоїстичний |
 Urdu: خود غرض |
 Vietnamese: ích kỉ |
 Chinese: 自私的 |
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