self-concernmentn.
/ˌsɛlfkənˈsəːnm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkənˈsərnm(ə)nt/ rare after 17th cent.
Regard for one's own interest or advantage; self-concern, self-interest.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun]
proper exquisitionc1430
privatenessa1586
interest1622
self-concernment1644
self-interest1649
self-bias1657
self-concern1670
interess1678
self-reference1802
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A3 It is incredible how cold..we are, without the spurre of self-concernment.
1667 W. Bridge Word to Aged iv. 64 If you love those that are good it is well, yet this may be from some self-concernment.
1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue i. ii. 20 A more than ordinary self-concernment or regard to..privat Good.
1824 Examiner 7 Mar. 145/1 A man's self-concernment can operate so as in one moment thoroughly to change his ‘constitutional formation’.
2010 Stud. Romanticism 49 118 Theotormon shows no sympathy for her but instead self-concernment, self-righteousness, and possessiveness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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