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self-seeking adjective

• having concern for one's own welfare and interests before those of others.
• "the self-seeking aggrandizement of Party bosses"
Similar: self-interested, self-serving, self-obsessed, self-absorbed, self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, inward-looking, introverted, selfish, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, uncaring, looking after number one,
Opposite: altruistic,

self-seeking noun

• concern for oneself before others.
• "everywhere he encounters self-seeking, hypocrisy, and dishonesty"


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