Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - selfish
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If you say that someone is selfish, you mean that he or she cares only about himself or herself, and not about other people. I think I’ve been very selfish. I’ve been mainly concerned with myself. ...the selfish interests of a few people. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • selfishly Cabinet Ministers are selfishly pursuing their own vested interests. ADV: usu ADV with v • selfishness The arrogance and selfishness of different interest groups never ceases to amaze me. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 1640 1. concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself ; seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others 2. arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others a ~ act 3. being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function ~ DNA; also being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication ~ genes • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 deficient in consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure; actuated by self-interest. 2 (of a motive etc.) appealing to self-interest. Derivatives selfishly adv. selfishness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. эгоистичный, эгоистический, себялюбивый to act from a selfish motive —- действовать из эгоистических (корыстных) побуждений ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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