self-seeking

  • 21self-seeking — I. noun Date: circa 1586 the act or practice of selfishly advancing one s own ends II. adjective Date: circa 1628 seeking only to further one s own interests …

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  • 22self-seeking — adjective pursuing one s own welfare and interests before those of others. Derivatives self seeker noun …

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  • 23self-seeking — adjective Mindful of, or promoting only ones own interests …

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  • 24self-seeking — a. Selfish, illiberal, mean …

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  • 25self-seeking — UK / US adjective interested only in doing what will be good for you …

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  • 26self-centered — [adj] absorbed with oneself egocentric, egoistic, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, grandstanding, having a swelled head*, independent, inward looking, know it all*, narcissistic, on an ego trip*, self absorbed, selfindulgent, self interested …

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  • 27self-seeker — [self′sē′kər] n. a person who seeks only or mainly to further his or her own interests self seeking n., adj …

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  • 28self-seekingness — self seeking·ness …

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  • 29self-indulgent — Synonyms and related words: acquisitive, ambitious for self, autistic, bibulous, careerist, crapulent, crapulous, debauching, dissipating, dissolute, egotistical, epicurean, excessive, extravagant, extreme, gluttonous, grasping, greedy,… …

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  • 30self-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,… …

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