English Explanatory Dictionary

self-serving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

self-serving more self-serving most self-serving selfserving

Etymology

From self- + serving.

Synonyms

egocentric self-centered self-interested egoistical every man for himself idiocentric individualistic interested porkish reptilian selfish selflike selfsome self-absorbed self-minded self-seeking self-serving solipsistic

Related words

selfish

Derived words

self-servingly self-servingness
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