Definition of selfish

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Selfish (a.) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

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Disinterested :: Disinterested (a.) Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge..
Selfless :: Selfless (a.) Having no regard to self; unselfish.
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior..
Altruism :: Altruism (n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness..
Selfish :: Selfish (a.) 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..
Interestedness :: Interestedness (n.) The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
Indispose :: Indispose (v. t.) To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties..
Hoggery :: Hoggery (n.) Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
Prudential :: Prudential (a.) Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives..
Mercenary :: Mercenary (a.) Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
Selfishness :: Selfishness (n.) The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Self-seeking :: Self-seeking (a.) Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
Self :: Self (n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim..
Selfness :: Selfness (n.) Selfishness.
Hoggish :: Hoggish (a.) Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.
Bunkum :: Bunkum (n.) Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show..
Philauty :: Philauty (n.) Self-love; selfishness.
Interest :: Interest (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit..
Self-seeking :: Self-seeking (n.) The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
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