Regarding one's own interest chiefly or soley; influenced in actions by a view to private advantage.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
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.
2. Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
The exclusive of a person to his own interest or happiness; or that supreme self-love or self-preference, which leads a person in his actions to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power or happiness, without regarding the interest of others. Selfishness, in its worst or unqualified sense, is the ver essence of human depravity, and it stands in direct opposition to benevolence , which is the essence of the divine character. As God is love , so man, in his natural state, is selfishness .
In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others.
Selfishness Roget’s Thesaurus §943
N. selfishness, self-love, self- indulgence, self-worship, self-interest, egotism, egoism, amour propre, &c. (vanity) 880, nepotism, worldliness, world wisdom, illiberality, meanness, time-pleaser, time-server, tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter, jobber, worldling, egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist, dog in the manger, charity that begins at home, canis in praesepi, "foes to nobleness," temporizer, trimmer
V. be selfish, please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself, consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure, look after one's own interest, feather one's nest, take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered, give an inch and take an ell
Adj. selfish, self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self- centered, wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self, egotistic, egotistical, egoistical, illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded, mercenary, venal, covetous, unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded, mundane, worldly, worldly- minded, worldly-wise, timeserving, interested, alieni appetens sui profusus
Adv. ungenerously, to gain some private ends, from interested motives
Phr. apres nous le deluge
Gluttony Roget’s Thesaurus §957
N. gluttony, greed, avarice, greediness, # voracity, epicurism, good living, high living, edacity, gulosity, crapulence, guttling, guzzling, pantophagy, good cheer, blow out, feast, gastronomy, batterie de cuisine, epicure, bon vivant, gourmand, glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, apicius, gastronome, gourmet, 868, v, gormandize, gorge, overgorge, overeat oneself, engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff, guttle, guzzle, bolt, devour, gobble up, gulp, raven, eat out of house and home, have the stomach of an ostrich, play a good knife and fork, pamper
Adj. gluttonous, greedy, gormandizing, edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish, avaricious, selfish, pampered, overfed, overgorged
Phr. jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit
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0 KJV and 5 BSB verses contain “Selfish”
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.