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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