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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Suit :: Suist (n.) One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
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.
Selfism :: Selfism (n.) Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; 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..
Interest :: Interest (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit..
Philauty :: Philauty (n.) Self-love; selfishness.
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..
Heart :: Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish h
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..
By-end :: By-end (n.) Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
Contractedness :: Contractedness (n.) The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.
Liberal :: Liberal (a.) Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
Lechery :: Lechery (n.) Selfish pleasure; delight.
Selfness :: Selfness (n.) Selfishness.
Patriotic :: Patriotic (a.) Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance..
Churl :: Churl (n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
Churl :: Churl (a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.
Altruism :: Altruism (n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
Mercenary :: Mercenary (a.) Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
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