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selfish

[sel-fish]

adjective

  1. devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,
  2. characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself.

    selfish motives.



selfish

/ ˈɛɪʃ /

adjective

  1. chiefly concerned with one's own interest, advantage, etc, esp to the total exclusion of the interests of others

  2. relating to or characterized by self-interest

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Other Word Forms

  • selfishly adverb
  • selfishness noun
  • ˈھԱ noun
  • ˈھ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of selfish1

First recorded in 1630–40; self + -ish 1
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In this accounting, feminism made women selfish and undesirable, men no longer exhibit sufficient “masculine energy,” and the result is .. wage stagnation?

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Trump made his first public comments on Musk’s meltdown in the Oval Office on Thursday, saying that the billionaire's hatred of the bill was for selfish reasons.

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The family in “The Perfect Couple” is unbearably selfish.

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There were mixed views when Earps' retirement was announced two weeks ago - some among the media and fanbase calling it a "selfish" decision.

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Tracy Brown writes that Kathryn Hahn’s selfish witch on “Agatha All Along” “is pretty much everything society tells you women aren’t supposed to be, but you can feel Hahn having a blast, playing her.”

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