self-seeking

self-seek·ing (s

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.

Determined pursuit of one's own ends or interests.

self-seeker n.

self-seeking

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 opportunism, self-interest, expedience selfishness - stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
Adj.	1.	self-seeking - interested only in yourself self-serving 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.

Translations

self-seeking [ˌselfˈsiːkɪŋ]

A. ADJ → egoísta

B. N → egoísmo m

self-seeking [ˈsɛlfˈsiːkɪŋ]

1. adj → egoista

2. n → egoismo

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altruism altruistic egocentric egotism egotistic expedience Obsequiousness opportunism pap philanthropic self self-centred self-interest self-interested Self-seeker self-serving selfish selfishness	Out of the decay of self-seeking capitalism, it was held, would arise that flower of the ages, the Brotherhood of Man. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context And he suffered enough from brazenly meddlesome and self-seeking folk, from impudent and inquisitive intruders, to justify some suspicion of old acquaintances suddenly styling themselves old friends, and of distant connections newly and unduly eager to claim relationship. Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context In humouring my mistake, Miss Havisham, you punished - practised on - perhaps you will supply whatever term expresses your intention, without offence - your self-seeking relations? Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context	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-sustaining containership	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-seeker self-seekers self-seekers 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 self-selective self-selective self-selective Self-sensorship

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Out of the decay of self-seeking capitalism, it was held, would arise that flower of the ages, the Brotherhood of Man.

The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context

And he suffered enough from brazenly meddlesome and self-seeking folk, from impudent and inquisitive intruders, to justify some suspicion of old acquaintances suddenly styling themselves old friends, and of distant connections newly and unduly eager to claim relationship.

Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context

In humouring my mistake, Miss Havisham, you punished - practised on - perhaps you will supply whatever term expresses your intention, without offence - your self-seeking relations?

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

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