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selfishness

noun
/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/

Etymology

From selfish + -ness.

  1. inherited from *selbʰ-✻ — “one's own”
  2. inherited from *selbaz✻
  3. inherited from self
  4. inherited from salve
  5. suffixed as selfish — “self + -ish”
  6. formed as selfishness — “selfish + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those…

    The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.

    • This common faith or set of aspirations, he added, could also help Americans transcend their selfishnesses and follies and promote a world civil religion given to justice and hope.
    • And he knows that Patrick can afford to complain about his mother’s minor selfishness but he cannot afford to engage with the idea of his own father at all.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for selfishness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA