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self-conˈcern [self- 5 a.] Personal interest. So self-conˈcerned, † -conˈcerning ppl. adjs., self-interested; † self-conˈcernment, self-interest.
1681Owen ϕρονηµα του Πνευµατος i. iv. Wks. 1852 VII. 302 Confined almost in their thoughts unto themselves,..and their *self-concerns. 1972P. D. James Unsuitable Job iv. 148 Even their compassion had been overlaid with self concern. 1982J. O'Faolain Obedient Wife i. 23 It says something about the way you see me. Forgive my self-concern.
1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Amb. 367 The most *self-concern'd person of all that ever had the management of publick affairs. 1941Mind L. 179 The self is part ‘psyche’ and part ‘spirit’: the psyche or animal soul self-concerned and partial, the spirit disinterested and catholic.
1656Cowley Pindar. Odes, Nemeæan v, For *self-concerning ends.
1644Milton Divorce To Parlt. of Eng. A 3, It is incredible how cold..we are, without the spurre of *self-concernment. 1699Shaftesbury Charac., Inq. conc. Virtue ii. §2 A more than ordinary Self-Concernment, or Regard to private Good. |