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Princeton's WordNet

  1. self-serving, self-seekingadjective

    interested only in yourself

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  1. self-servingadjective

    Showing interest only in oneself

Wikipedia

  1. self-serving

    Selfishness is being concerned excessively or exclusively, for oneself or one's own advantage, pleasure, or welfare, regardless of others.Selfishness is the opposite of altruism or selflessness; and has also been contrasted (as by C. S. Lewis) with self-centeredness.

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  1. self-serving

    Self-serving pertains to actions or attitudes that are motivated by personal interests, benefits or advantages, often without considering the impact or consequences of such actions on others. It is characteristic of individuals who prioritize their own needs, desires or ambitions over the welfare of others.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-serving in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-serving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of self-serving in a Sentence

  1. Roger McNamee:

    Each proposal is transparently self-serving, while I applaud Zuckerberg for trying to engage policymakers, I do not think anyone should take these proposals seriously.

  2. Brooke Cucinella:

    When politicians are doing these things, there tends to be a fair amount of grandstanding and self-serving statements, i think Daniel Goldman, being a SDNY prosecutor, knows that there are facts that are important and then there are things that are not — and Daniel Goldman will focus on what is important and move on.

  3. Cathryn Oakley:

    Make no mistake -- there is no crisis with transgender youth playing sports in Georgia. Decades of experience in states across the country show that this is a non-issue, self-serving politicians, catering to an extreme portion of their party's base, are showing that they're willing to harm vulnerable kids who just want to play with their friends.

  4. Paul Harvey:

    It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each other’s pockets and somehow get rich.

  5. Chuck Schumer:

    One the one hand, you say you want everything to be public when it comes to the hearings. But you won't give up any documents, the hypocrisy, the self-serving nature of the president's statements and his Republican allies here in the House and Senate is glaring.


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