If you describe someone as self-seeking, you disapprove of them because they are interested only in doing things which give them an advantage over other people.
[disapproval]
He said that democracy would open the way for self-seeking politicians to abuse thesituation.
Synonyms: selfish, self-interested, mercenary, calculating More Synonyms of self-seeking
self-seeking in British English
noun
1.
the act or an instance of seeking one's own profit or interest, esp exclusively
adjective
2.
having or showing an exclusive preoccupation with one's own profit or interest
a self-seeking attitude
Derived forms
self-seeker (ˌself-ˈseeker)
noun
Examples of 'self-seeking' in a sentence
self-seeking
elevator: `Free from self-seeking, envy, low design, I have not found a whiter soul than thine.
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