What does selfish mean?

Definitions for selfish
ˈsɛl fɪʃself·ish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. selfishadjective

    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

Wiktionary

  1. selfishadjective

    Holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making.

  2. selfishadjective

    Having regard for oneself above others' well-being.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Selfishadjective

    Attentive only to one’s own interest; void of regard for others.

    Etymology: from self.

    What could the most aspiring selfish man desire more, were he to form the notion of a being to whom he would recommend himself, than such a knowledge as can discover the least appearance of perfection, and such a goodness as will proportion a reward to it? Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    Passions, though selfish, if their means be fair,
    List under reason, and deserve her care;
    Those that imparted court a nobler aim,
    Exalt their kind, and take some virtue’s name. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. selfish

    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.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Selfishadjective

    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. Selfishadjective

    believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of selfish in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of selfish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of selfish in a Sentence

  1. Joaquin Phoenix:

    I've been a scoundrel in my life. I've been selfish, cruel at times and hard to work with, and I'm grateful that so many people in this room have given me a second chance.

  2. John Campbell:

    I just want to apologize, i understand my actions were selfish.

  3. Judge Bernard Schwartz:

    Maybe they'll become a scientist and discover a cure for some disease, or go be a doctor or first responder, and save someone's life. Maybe they'll enter the military and protect our country, the selfish, cruel and inhuman treatment of your own children has deprived them, your family, your friends and society -- and especially both of you -- of those gifts.

  4. Jill Cummins:

    It's very selfish of him to have done this to us.

  5. Bob Watson:

    Both my kids offered to donate kidneys to me, and I told them both the same thing : ‘ I’ve had a good life and I don’t want to take a kidney from young people who really need them and still have their whole lives ahead of them.' That would be very selfish on my part.

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