self-serving

adj

Etymology

From self- + serving.

Definitions

  1. Showing interest only in oneself (pursuing self-interest to the exclusion of other goals).

    • Don’t assume that the connotations of authority, history, scholarship, hallowed tradition and judiciousness in the word “Academy” actually fit this self-serving club.

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