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selfish

[ sel-fish ]

adjective

  1. devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself:

    selfish motives.



selfish

/ ˈ²õÉ›±ô´Úɪʃ /

adjective

  1. chiefly concerned with one's own interest, advantage, etc, esp to the total exclusion of the interests of others
  2. relating to or characterized by self-interest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±ð±ô´Ú¾±²õ³ó²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²õ±ð±ô´Ú¾±²õ³ó±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±ð±ô´Ú·¾±²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ±ð±ô´Ú·¾±²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of selfish1

First recorded in 1630–40; self + -ish 1
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"Colleagues that choose to leave do so for all sorts of reasons, some of them fairly selfish to them," he said.

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Michael Vaughan believes it would be "nonsense" and "selfish" for England to make Ben Stokes a white-ball captain.

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It doesn’t matter how fast you come to your senses and put away those selfish desires.

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The Daily Mail has described it as "deranged" and says its members have "unleashed misery on thousands of ordinary people though their selfish antics".

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And so I guess it started from a really selfish place.â€

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