Self-seeker

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self-seek·ing (s

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adj.

1. Pursuing only one's own ends or interests.

2. Exhibiting concern only with promoting one's own ends or interests: self-seeking maneuvers.

Determined pursuit of one's own ends or interests.

self-seeker n.

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Noun

self-seeker - a person who places expediency above principle

opportunist

backscratcher - someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage

bottom feeder - an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others

carpetbagger - an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

wheeler dealer, hustler, operator - a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

selfish person - a person who is unusually selfish

timeserver - one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage

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backscratcher big-head bottom feeder carpetbagger egomaniac egotist hustler operator opportunist self-seeking selfish person sycophant sycophantic timeserver wheeler dealer			Let me but leave the good name to my three daughters, and that is enough for me; I am not a self-seeker. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context And over all that torrential confusion of men and purposes fluttered that strange flag, the stars and stripes, that meant at once the noblest thing in life, and the least noble, that is to say, Liberty on the one hand, and on the other the base jealousy the individual self-seeker feels towards the common purpose of the State. The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context I mean, episodes that showed that not all priests were frauds and self-seekers, but that many, even the great majority, of these that were down on the ground among the common people, were sincere and right-hearted, and devoted to the alleviation of human troubles and sufferings. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context			Self-repulsive self-respect self-respectful self-respecting Self-restrained self-restraining self-restraint self-revelation Self-reverence self-righteous self-righteously self-righteousness self-righting self-rising flour self-rule self-sacrifice self-sacrificing self-same self-satisfaction self-satisfied Self-satisfying self-sealing self-searching self-seed self-seeded Self-seeker self-seeking self-selection self-service self-serving self-similarity Self-slaughter self-sow self-sowed self-sown self-starter self-stick self-stimulation self-storage self-study self-styled self-sufficiency self-sufficient Self-sufficing self-suggestion self-support self-supporting Self-suspended Self-suspicious self-sustained self-sustaining			Self-Sagging Device self-same self-satisfaction self-satisfaction self-satisfied self-satisfied Self-satisfying self-saturation self-scanned image sensor self-scanning checkout Self-Scanning Electron-Array Collector Self-Screening Jammer self-screening range Self-Screening Vehicle Jammer self-scrutiny self-sealing self-sealing self-sealing fastener self-sealing paint self-searching Self-Securing Storage Device self-seed self-seeded self-seeder self-seeders self-seeding self-seeds Self-seeker self-seekers self-seekers self-seeking self-seeking self-selected self-selected self-selected Self-selected Listener Opinion Poll Self-selected sample Self-selected sample Self-selected sample Self-Selected Walking Speed Self-Selected Walking Velocity self-selecting self-selecting self-selecting Self-selecting mechanism Self-selecting mechanism Self-selecting mechanism Self-selecting sample Self-selecting sample Self-selecting sample self-selection self-selection self-selection self-selection Self-selection bias Self-selection bias Self-selection bias Self-selection bias

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