self-interested

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ interested.

Adjective

self-interested (comparative more self-interested, superlative most self-interested)

1. Having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.

Derived terms

• self-interestedness

Translations

having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself

• Dutch: baatzuchtig (nl)
• Finnish: omaa etuaan ajava
• Polish: egoistyczny (pl)
• Ukrainian: кори́сливий (korýslyvyj), користолю́бний (korystoljúbnyj), (rare) своєкори́сливий (svojekorýslyvyj)

Further reading

• Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).