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Definition of Selfish
1. Adjective. 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"
Similar to: Egotistic, Egotistical, Narcissistic, Self-loving, Self-seeking, Self-serving
Derivative terms: Selfishness
Antonyms: Unselfish
Definition of Selfish
1. 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.
Definition of Selfish
1. Adjective. Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making. ¹
2. Adjective. Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Selfish
1. concerned chiefly or only with oneself [adj]
Medical Definition of Selfish
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1. 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. "They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions." (Cudworth) "In that throng of selfish hearts untrue." (Keble)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Selfish
Literary usage of Selfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall (1890)
"It is sometimes said that economists regard it "natural" or "normal," and in some
sense even right, that man should be governed only by selfish motives; ..."
2. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1829)
"The same effect of stifling selfish motives, is equally remarkable in other ...
An action, for example, done to gratify my ambitious views, is selfish ..."
3. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"*i..i. selfish? he meant by affections for ' self-good ' and for' public good,'
it is not strange that he should have failed to give any tenable account of ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1882)
"THERE once was a selfish old Oyster, Who lived like a monk in a cloister, Safely
housed in his shell, Like the monk in his cell, ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Yet proud, in a narrow and selfish sense, Arnold was not. His nature, full of
dignity, was yet gentle and singularly sweet, and his interest in the masses ..."
6. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1883)
"For three centuries the political and commercial dependence of the colonies upon
the mother country was as complete and absolute as selfish policy, ..."
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