英语词汇“selfism”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

selfism

释义

self /self/

pronoun

Loosely, oneself, myself, himself, etc

noun (pl selves /selvz/ or, of things in one colour or one piece, selfs)

adjective

transitive verb

To fertilize by the same individual (self-fertilize) or by the same strain (inbreed)

ORIGIN: OE self; Du zelf; Ger selbe, Gothic silba

selfˈhood noun

selfˈie noun (informal)

A photograph of oneself taken by oneself

selfˈing noun (biology)

Self-fertilization or self-pollination

selfˈish adjective

Chiefly or wholly concerned with one's own welfare and interests, usu when accompanied by a disregard for others
Tending to perpetuate or duplicate itself in the genome without affecting the host or phenotype (genetics)

selfˈishly adverb

selfˈishness noun

selfˈism noun

Concentration upon self
The selfish theory of morals, that people act from the consideration of what will give them the most pleasure

selfˈist noun

selfˈless adjective

Having no regard to self, altruistic

selfˈlessly adverb

selfˈlessness noun

selfˈness noun

one self (Shakespeare)

One and the same, one only

one's self see oneself under one

second self see under second¹

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