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单词 self-interessed
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self-interessedadj.

Forms: see self- prefix and interessed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, interessed adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + interessed adj., after self-interest n. Compare slightly later self-interested adj.
Obsolete.
Motivated or influenced by regard for one's own advantage or welfare; = self-interested adj.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective]
self-seeking?1575
self-respecting1597
proprietariousa1633
self-ended1643
self-interessed1645
self-interested1648
self-concerned1653
self-concerning1656
self-biased1662
self-ending1698
interested1705
self-interesting1710
1645 C. Culpeper Let. 18 Mar. in 17th-cent. Polit. & Financial Papers (1996) 217 Till the nations of the earthe can..render themselues free from all selfe interessed negatiues there will be but a slowe motion towards the happines of a nation.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xi. 22 The self-interessed and perfidious heart of man.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4324/1 Those narrow Self-Interessed Notions which..had so long cramp'd and fetter'd them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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