selfish
English
/ˈsɛlfɪʃ/
adj
Definitions
- Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
- Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
Etymology
Suffix from English self (own, proper).
Origin
English
self
Gloss
own, proper
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiself English
- coself English
- cyberself English
- ego-self English
- eirself English
- hirself English
- nonself English
- notself English
- overselfish English
- self English
- self-abasement English
- self-deportation English
- self-deportations English
- self-feed English
- self-management English
- selfdom English
- selfed English
- selfheal English
- selfhood English
- selfie English
- selfing English
- selfishly English
- selfishness English
- selfism English
- selfist English
- selfless English
- selflike English
- selfline English
- selfly English
- selfname English
- selfness English
- selfsame English
- selfship English
- selfsome English
- selfward English
- selfwards English
- selvage English
- superselfish English
- technoself English
- theirself English
- underself English
- unself English
- unselfish English
- unselfishly English
- unselfishness English
- y'allself English
- selbst German
- selbstisch German
- selvisk Norwegian Bokmål
- uselvisk Norwegian Bokmål
- själv Swedish
- självisk Swedish
- self Middle English
- selv Danish
- selvisk Danish
- 셀카 Korean
- 셀프 디스 Korean
- srefi Sranan Tongo
- self
- selfly
- coself
- unself
- selfie
- selfed
- selfdom
- nonself
- hirself
- selfist
- selfism
- selvage
- selfing
- notself
- eirself
- selfsome
- selfship
- selfness
- selfsame
- selfless
- selflike
- selfline
- antiself
- selfheal
- selfward
- selfname
- ego-self
- selfhood
- unselfish
- self-feed
- selfwards
- theirself
- y'allself
- cyberself
- underself
- selfishly
- technoself
- overselfish
- unselfishly
- selfishness
- superselfish
- unselfishness
- self-abasement
- self-management
- self-deportation
- self-deportations