self-seek·ing (s lf s k ng)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. n. Determined pursuit of one's own ends or interests. self -seeker n. |
self-seeking
n
the act or an instance of seeking one's own profit or interest, esp exclusively
adj
having or showing an exclusive preoccupation with one's own profit or interest a self-seeking attitude
self-seeker n
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| Noun | 1. | self-seeking - taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others selfishness - stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others |
| Adj. | 1. | self-seeking - interested only in yourself selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman |
self-seeking
adjective selfish, self-interested, mercenary, calculating, opportunistic, self-serving, acquisitive, on the make (slang), careerist, gold-digging, fortune-hunting, looking out for number one (informal), out for what you can get Politicians are untrustworthy self-seeking creatures.
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