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
- clear-headed
- clear-headedness
- clearing
- clearing bank
- clearing house
- clearing sale
- clearly
- clearness
- clear off (or out)
- clear one's lines
- clear one's throat
- clear-out
- clear-sighted
- clear-sightedness
- clearskin
- clear something out
- clear something up
- clearstory
- clear the air
- clear the decks
- clear the name of
- clear the table
- clear the way
- clear-thinking
- clear up