˜yÐÄvlog

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self-seeker

[ self-see-ker ]

noun

  1. a person who primarily pursues their own interest or selfish ends.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of self-seeker1

First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences

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There are other types,—the schemer and the self-seeker, whose matrimonial ventures are only intended to advance worldly interests.

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He was no greedy self-seeker, and despised the avenues whereby many of his contemporaries advanced to wealth and position.

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He had been a self-seeker of that notorious kind that achieves worldly success without much thought for others.

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Personally Desportes appears to have been a self-seeker and a sycophant; not without good nature, but covetous, intriguing, corrupt, given to base compliances.

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The method of the political boss, the aristocrat, the self-seeker, the monopolist—even in the use of thugs, private armies, spies, and provocateurs—differs little from the methods proposed by Bakounin in his Alliance.

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