self-seeking

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self-seeking

adjective more self-seeking · most self-seeking

  1. Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.

    Similar: egocentric, self-centered, solipsistic, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selfish, selflike

  2. not comparable, of a missile That searches for a target automatically.

noun

  1. uncountable The selfish promotion of one's own interests.

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adj mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests

Portuguêsinteresseiro
Русскийсвоекоры́стный svojekorýstnyj

adj military: searching automatically for target

Italianoautocercante

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@misc{self_seeking_2026,
  title = {self-seeking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-seeking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}