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self-serv·ing

(sĕlf′sûr′vĭng)

adj.

1. Serving one's own interests, especially without concern for the needs or interests of others.

2. Exhibiting concern solely for one's own interests: a speech full of self-serving comments.

self′-serv′ing·ly adv.

self-serving

adj

habitually seeking one's own advantage, esp at the expense of others

self′-serv′ing

adj.

1. preoccupied with one's own interests and often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.

2. serving to further one's own selfish interests.

[1900–05]

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Adj.

self-serving - interested only in yourself

self-seeking

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-serving

adjective

Concerned only with oneself:

egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-involved, selfish, self-seeking.

Idiom: wrapped up in oneself.

Translations

self-serving

[ˌselfˈsɜːvɪŋ] ADJ → egoísta, interesado

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