self-servingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈsəːvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈsərvɪŋ/

Forms: see self- prefix and serving adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, serving adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + serving adj.

Concerned with one's own interests, advantage, or welfare to the exclusion of those of others; characterized by or exhibiting self-seeking; (of a thing or action) aimed at protecting or advancing a person's own interests.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective] > promoting one's self-interest

turn-serving1584

self-partial1605

self-serving1615

1615 J. Sylvester Hymn of Almes 57 in 2nd Session Parl. Vertues Reall Priuat Lucre, without publike Care; While Each, Self-seruing, winks at Others Share.

1649 Humble Answer Gen. Councel Officers 3 This selfe-serving party acting as Mediators betwixt the through-Royallists, and the reall Presbyterians.

1791 World 5 Oct. The credulity of the multitude was evidently imposed upon by those self-serving assumers.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. vi. ii. 415 The probability, of mendacity, self-serving mendacity, and consequent deception, attached to the admission of the testimony of the party in his own behalf.

1896 Southwestern Reporter 33 791/1 On a criminal trial, self-serving acts of the defendants are properly excluded.

1935 Michigan Law Rev. 34 227 The self-serving advertising of the publishers.

1985 G. Ehrlich Solace Open Spaces 9 Men and women who..struggled to preserve unfenced empires were, despite their self-serving motives, unwitting geographers.

2010 A. M. Smith Charming Quirks of Others vi. 94 A good and conscientious emptier of rubbish bins, she suggested, was better in moral terms, surely, than a self-serving accountant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-serving
释义	self-servingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈsəːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈsərvɪŋ/ Forms: see self- prefix and serving adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, serving adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + serving adj. Concerned with one's own interests, advantage, or welfare to the exclusion of those of others; characterized by or exhibiting self-seeking; (of a thing or action) aimed at protecting or advancing a person's own interests. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective] > promoting one's self-interest turn-serving1584 self-partial1605 self-serving1615 1615 J. Sylvester Hymn of Almes 57 in 2nd Session Parl. Vertues Reall Priuat Lucre, without publike Care; While Each, Self-seruing, winks at Others Share. 1649 Humble Answer Gen. Councel Officers 3 This selfe-serving party acting as Mediators betwixt the through-Royallists, and the reall Presbyterians. 1791 World 5 Oct. The credulity of the multitude was evidently imposed upon by those self-serving assumers. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. vi. ii. 415 The probability, of mendacity, self-serving mendacity, and consequent deception, attached to the admission of the testimony of the party in his own behalf. 1896 Southwestern Reporter 33 791/1 On a criminal trial, self-serving acts of the defendants are properly excluded. 1935 Michigan Law Rev. 34 227 The self-serving advertising of the publishers. 1985 G. Ehrlich Solace Open Spaces 9 Men and women who..struggled to preserve unfenced empires were, despite their self-serving motives, unwitting geographers. 2010 A. M. Smith Charming Quirks of Others vi. 94 A good and conscientious emptier of rubbish bins, she suggested, was better in moral terms, surely, than a self-serving accountant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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