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Meaning of 'selfish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

Meaning of 'selfish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . selfish [ a]
Meaning (1):
- concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
Example in sentence:
  • Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

Nearby Words:

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