Selfishness

/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/

Synonyms for "selfishness" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Adjective(1 words)
bad intention
Noun(2 words)
bogartiancharacter flaw

Strong matches (14)

Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
least communal attitude
Adverb(1 words)
less communal attitudes

Related words (24)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries
behaviorcharacter traitmoral behaviormoral conceptpersonality traitsocial behaviorstinginess

More specific

6 entries
hoardingrefusal to shareself-absorptionstinginesstaking more than sharevice

Collocations

6 entries
act of selfishnessexhibit selfishnesshabit of selfishnessperceived selfishnessselfishness and generosityselfishness in group work

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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I'm annoyed at your selfishness.

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Your selfishness will lose you your friends.

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In the old days people valued selflessness. But this generation seems to make a virtue out of selfishness.

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It is because of his selfishness that no one wants to associate with him.

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