selfishness
/ˈsɛlfɪʃnəs
/noun [mass noun]
The quality or state of being selfish; lack of consideration for other people: an act of pure selfishness...
- As a manifestation of petty selfishness and greed such meanness is hard to credit.
- It is based upon greed and selfishness and the only god is profit, regardless.
- His examples from the past reveal that greed, hubris and selfishness often impeded recognition of a problem until it was too late.
Synonyms
egocentrism, egotism, egomania, introversion, self-seeking, self-serving, self-obsession, self-absorption, self-regard, self-interest, self-love;
lack of consideration, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, unthinkingness, heedlessness, regardlessness, insensitivity, insensitiveness, tactlessness, uncharitableness, unkindness;
meanness, miserliness, greed, acquisitiveness, opportunism
informal looking after number one
- non-Euclidean
- non-European
- non-evaluative
- non-event
- no news is good news
- non-excessive
- non-exclusive
- non-exclusivity
- non-exec
- non-executing
- non-execution
- non-executive
- non-existence
- non-existent
- non-existing
- non-experience
- non-expert
- nonexplosive
- non-exportation
- non-extreme
- non-factive
- non-fat
- non-fattening
- non-fatty
- nonfeasance