Selfish

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Selfish \Self"ish\, a.
     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.
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              They judge of things according to their own private
              appetites and selfish passions.       --Cudworth.
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              In that throng of selfish hearts untrue. --Keble.
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     2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of
        human action are derived from love of self.
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              Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
                                                    --Fleming.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  selfish
       adj : concerned chiefly or only with yourself; "Selfish men
             were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the
             sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman
             [ant: {unselfish}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "selfish":
     acquisitive, ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, careerist,
     covetous, egocentric, egocentristic, egoistic, egoistical,
     egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, grasping, greedy, grudging,
     illiberal, inconsiderate, individualistic, mean, mercenary,
     miserly, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, narrow,
     niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, personalistic,
     possessive, privatistic, remote, self-absorbed, self-admiring,
     self-advancing, self-aggrandizing, self-besot, self-centered,
     self-concerned, self-considerative, self-contained, self-devoted,
     self-esteeming, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-jealous,
     self-loving, self-occupied, self-pleasing, self-seeking,
     self-serving, self-sufficient, stingy, thoughtless, tight,
     tight-fisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  SELFISH, adj.  Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.