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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Egoism :: Egoism (n.) Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.
Selfness :: Selfness (n.) Selfishness.
Altruistic :: Altruistic (a.) Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.
Magnanimous :: Magnanimous (a.) Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.
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..
Hoggish :: Hoggish (a.) Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.
Contracted :: Contracted (a.) Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views..
Altruism :: Altruism (n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness..
Individualism :: Individualism (n.) An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.
Selfless :: Selfless (a.) Having no regard to self; unselfish.
Churl :: Churl (n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
Philauty :: Philauty (n.) Self-love; selfishness.
Suit :: Suist (n.) One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
Mercenary :: Mercenary (a.) Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
Selfist :: Selfist (n.) A selfish person.
Singleness :: Singleness (n.) Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart..
Interestedness :: Interestedness (n.) The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
Selfish :: Selfish (a.) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
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..
Selfism :: Selfism (n.) Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.
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