self-interested
/ˌsɛlfˈɪntrɛstɪd
/adjective
Motivated by one’s personal interest or advantage, especially without regard for others: many groups pursue self-interested aims...
- Years of observation and introspection have led many to the conclusion that people are self-interested creatures.
- To call one of these forms of motivation self-interested but the other not does not seem to add anything to our understanding of them.
- If a leader acts in an altruistic fashion for self-interested reasons, how does one evaluate such behavior?
Synonyms
self-seeking, self-serving, self-obsessed, self-absorbed, self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, inward-looking, introverted, selfish;
inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, uncaring
informal looking after number one
Rhymes
- mountainous
- mountainously
- mountainousness
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- mountain rice