selfishness

Roget category 943

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions

#943. Selfishness

noun

selfishness etc. adj. — self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest — egotism, egoism — amour propre [Fr.], etc. (vanity) 880 — nepotism.
worldliness etc. adj. — world wisdom.
illiberality — meanness etc. adj.. time-pleaser, time-server — tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter — jobber, worldling — egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist — dog in the manger, charity that begins at home — canis in praesepi [Lat.], foes to nobleness," temporizer, trimmer.

verb

be selfish etc. adj. — please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself — consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure — look after one's own interest — feather one's nest — take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered — give an inch and take an ell.

adjective

selfish — self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-centered — wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self^†, centered in self — egotistic, egotistical — egoistical^†.
illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded — mercenary, venal — covetous etc. 819.
unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded — mundane — worldly, worldly-minded — worldly-wise — timeserving^†.
interested — alieni appetens sui profusus [Lat.].

adverb

ungenerously etc. adj. — to gain some private ends, from interested motives.

phrase

apres nous le deluge [Fr.].

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