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- Dictionaryself·ish/ˈselfiSH/
adjective
- 1. (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure: "I joined them for selfish reasons"
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The meaning of SELFISH is concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others. How to use selfish in a sentence.
SELFISH definition: 1. Someone who is selfish only thinks of their own advantage: 2. Someone who is selfish only…. Learn more.
Someone who is selfish cares only about themselves and doesn't consider others. If a ship is sinking and you refuse to let anyone else into your 4-person lifeboat, you're extremely selfish. Selfish combines the pronoun self-, meaning to or for yourself, with the suffix-ish, for "having the character of."
Selfish definition: devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.. See examples of SELFISH used in a sentence.
adjective. 1. devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others. 2. characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself. selfish motives. SYNONYMS 1. self-interested, self-seeking, egoistic; illiberal, parsimonious, stingy.
1. caring only or chiefly for oneself; concerned with one's own interests, welfare, etc., regardless of others. 2. characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself: selfish motives. [1630–40] self′ish•ly, adv. self′ish•ness, n.
selfish. adjective. /ˈselfɪʃ/ (disapproving) caring only about yourself rather than about other people. selfish behaviour. Do you think I'm being selfish by not letting her go? What a selfish thing to do! It was selfish of him to leave all the work to you. opposite unselfish, selfless. Extra Examples. Topics Personal qualities b1.
If you say that someone is selfish, you mean that he or she cares only about himself or herself, and not about other people.
SELFISH meaning: caring only about yourself and not other people: . Learn more.
Selfish definition: Concerned chiefly or excessively with oneself, and having little regard for others.
