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Definition of Selfesh

Self"ish (?), a. 1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.

They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions.
Cudworth.

In that throng of selfish hearts untrue.
Keble.

2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
Fleming.

Self"ish (?), a. 1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.

They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions.
Cudworth.

In that throng of selfish hearts untrue.
Keble.

2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
Fleming.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

  • Holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making.
  • Regard for one's self, at the expense of other's well being.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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