self-serving
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self-serving
adjective more self-serving · most self-serving · selfserving
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Showing interest only in oneself (pursuing self-interest to the exclusion of other goals).
"Most of the time when people consider the question of what rules society should have for using software, the people considering it are from software companies, and they consider the question from a self-serving perspective," says Stallman, opening his speech.
Similar: egocentric, self-centered, self-interested, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selfish, selflike
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adj showing interest only in oneself
| Português | interesseiro |
|---|---|
| Français | intéressé |
| Deutsch | selbstsüchtig, eigennützig, egoistisch |
| Italiano | autoreferenziale |
| Русский | корыстный korystnyj |
| עברית | אינטרסנט, תועלתן |
Talk about this word "self-serving." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/self-serving. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. self-serving. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/self-serving "self-serving." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/self-serving.Cite this
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