Self-interested

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.

Synonyms

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acquisitiveautisticegocentricegoisticalegotisticegotistical

Example

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"But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire."

Etymology

From self- + interested.

Related phrases

broadly self-interestedeconomically self-interestedenlightenedly self-interestednakedly self-interestednarrowly self-interestedself-interestedness

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