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adjectiveconcerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of othersOpposite:
Definition that contains selfish
- sharing unselfishly willing to share with others
- oral a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression
- user a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
- selfless showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- scrooge a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- altruistic showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- selflessness the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- altruism the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- hobbes English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
- exploiter a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically