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self-interest

uncountable noun
If you accuse someone of self-interest, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for anyone else.
[disapproval]
Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest.
Synonyms: selfishness, egotism, self-centredness, greed More Synonyms of self-interest

self-interest in British English

noun
1. 
one's personal interest or advantage
2. 
the act or an instance of pursuing one's own interest
Derived forms
self-interested (ˌself-ˈinterested)
adjective
self-interestedness (ˌself-ˈinterestedness)
noun

self-interest in American English

(ˈsɛlfˈɪntrɪst; ˈsɛlfˈɪntərɪst)
noun
1. 
one's own interest or advantage
2. 
an exaggerated regard for this, esp. when at the expense of others

Examples of 'self-interest' in a sentence
self-interest

Trust becomes increasingly anchored in reciprocal self-interest rather than culture as countries modernise.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The second reason is one of ministerial self-interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They are acting against their own economic self-interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Its independence may encourage it to pursue a course of narrow self-interest rather than the public interest.
Mishkin, Frederic S. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (1995)
Public opinion and the economic self-interest of his own nation were overwhelmingly against him.
Christianity Today (2000)
Everybody knows that sport should be about parochial self-interest rather than silly old excellence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Nearly all the kind things people do in the world are done in the name of enlightened self-interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They must decide whether to vote out of a sense of duty to the past or out of enlightened self-interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
From the standpoint of economics, there is no real difference between self-interest and greed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My reason for acquiring one is self-interest, not altruism.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It's also a matter of enlightened self-interest.
Bethune, Helen Positive Parent Power (1991)
Indian star to play at a windswept county ground in front of a handful of fans would require an act of charity rather than economic self-interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Helping now is more than an act of conscience; it is also an act of enlightened self-interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The same cannot be said for the Opposition who seemed more concerned about narrow self-interest than the national interest.
The Sun (2008)
The poverty, environment and biodiversity are global issues that lie beyond the competence and self-interest of any one government.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This makes it look as if the family ethos was one of raw self-interest, but the case was rather subtler than that.
Claire Harman ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (2005)

In other languages
self-interest

British English: self-interest NOUN
If you accuse someone of self-interest, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for anyone else.
Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest.
  • American English: self-interest
  • Brazilian Portuguese: egoísmo
  • Chinese: 自私自利
  • European Spanish: egoísmo
  • French: intérêt personnel
  • German: Eigennutz
  • Italian: interesse personale
  • Japanese: 私利
  • Korean: 사리사욕
  • European Portuguese: egoísmo
  • Latin American Spanish: egoísmo

Chinese translation of 'self-interest'

self-interest

(sɛlfˈɪntrɪst)

n (u)

  1. 自身利益 (zìshēn lìyì)
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