selfish
/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ/
Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making; Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others
- comparative
- more selfish
- superlative
- most selfish
Meanings
- 1
Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making
Tom isn't at all selfish.
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She is a selfish person.
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- 2
Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others
- 3
Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other charactersrare
- 4
Related to or equivalent to a selfish gene; best understood as existing to preserve and replicate itself in competition with other entities at the same level of existence, rather than at the level of the individual or population containing itrare