- self-interestedness
- noun see self-interest
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
self-interestedness
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self-interestedness — noun see self interested … Useful english dictionary
self-interest — self interested, adj. self interestedness, n. /self in teuhr ist, trist, self /, n. 1. regard for one s own interest or advantage, esp. with disregard for others. 2. personal interest or advantage. [1640 50] * * * … Universalium
self-admiration — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, amour propre, amour propre, autism, autoeroticism, careerism, complacency, conceitedness, consequentiality, ego trip, egotism, graspingness, greed, individualism, interest, narcism, narcissism,… … Moby Thesaurus
self-esteem — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, amour propre, amour propre, arrogance, autism, autoeroticism, boastfulness, careerism, clear, complacency, conceit, consequentiality, ego trip, egoism, egotism, face, graspingness, greed, haughtiness,… … Moby Thesaurus
self-seeking — Synonyms and related words: acquisitive, acquisitiveness, ambitious for self, autism, autistic, careerism, careerist, ego trip, egoistic, egomaniacal, egotism, egotistic, egotistical, grasping, graspingness, greed, greedy, individualism,… … Moby Thesaurus
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self-absorption — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, anesthesia, autism, careerism, catatonia, chill, chilliness, cold blood, cold heart, coldheartedness, coldness, coolness, deadpan, dispassion, dispassionateness, dullness, ego trip, egotism, emotional… … Moby Thesaurus
self-indulgence — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, amusement, animal pleasure, autism, bodily pleasure, careerism, carnal delight, comfort, content, contentment, coziness, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness, creature comforts, drunkenness, ease, ego … Moby Thesaurus
self-interest — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, autism, careerism, ego, ego trip, egocentricity, egocentrism, egoism, egoisticalness, egotism, egotisticalness, graspingness, greed, individualism, interest, narcissism, personal aims, personal… … Moby Thesaurus
self-interest — noun Date: 1649 1. a concern for one s own advantage and well being < acted out of self interest and fear > 2. one s own interest or advantage < self interest requires that we be generous in foreign aid > • self interested adjective • self… … New Collegiate Dictionary
