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Noun Concept

Categories: Concepts in ethics, Ethical schools and movements, Consequentialism, Philosophy of life, Egoism

selfishness egoism egocentric Egoist egoistic

Stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others WordNet 3.0

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Stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Selfishness is being concerned excessively or exclusively for oneself or one's own advantage, pleasure, or welfare, regardless of others. Wikipedia

Egoism is a philosophy concerned with the role of the self, or ego, as the motivation and goal of one's own action. Wikipedia

An ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality Wikipedia Disambiguation

Philosophy of self-regarding motivations or behavior Wikidata

The quality of being selfish; the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others. Wiktionary

Quality of being selfish. Wiktionary (translation)

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

OPPOSITE OF

altruism

unselfishness

PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH

frugality

USAGE DOMAIN

disparagement

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

selfishness

Wikipedia

egoism, selfishness

Wikidata

egoism, selfishness

Wiktionary

selfishness

Wikipedia Redirections

egoistic, Egotestical, Self-importance, Self-serving, Self serving, selfish

Wikidata Alias

egocentric, Egoist, egoistic, egoistical, egotist, self-centered, self-centred, selfish, Yoshuva