Definition of

Selfishness

  1. (noun, attribute) stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others

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Antonyms of Selfishness

unselfishness

Alternate forms of Selfishness

Derivations: selfish

Hyponyms: expedience, greediness, opportunism, rapaciousness, self-interest, self-seeking, voraciousness

Hypernyms: stinginess

People who say Selfishness

  • IvanGrayson Embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. *Lao-tzu #thismakesmoney

  • LBdatsHim RT @viking4352: The difference between a contract and a covenant is the difference between selfishness and servanthood.

  • LoualBorbon Dnt worry. God is in control. After all; worry is selfishness, sin that doesn't let u pursue ur destiny and doesn't let God work in ur life.

  • AnonWisewoman RT @SatenLePsyfr: Fear of socialism and communism derives from the capitalist ideologies of selfishness as a virtue, greed as goodness and money as necessary.

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Words that sound like Selfishness

self-conscious, self-effacing, self-examining, self-seeking, selfsameness, sleepy sickness, sylvia communis

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