单词 | self-interessed |
释义 | † self-interessedadj. Obsolete. Motivated or influenced by regard for one's own advantage or welfare; = self-interested adj. ΘΚΠ 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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