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From selfish -ness
IPA (key ) : /ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/ Hyphenation: self‧ish‧ness selfishness (countable and uncountable plural selfishnesses
The quality of being selfish , the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
Synonyms: egocentricity me-firstism self-centeredness see also Thesaurus:selfishness Antonyms: selflessness see also Thesaurus:self-abnegation 1988 May 3, Martin E. Marty, “FRONT-PAGE RELIGION”, in The New York Times [1] This common faith or set of aspirations, he added, could also help Americans transcend their selfishnesses and follies and promote a world civil religion given to justice and hope.
2014 February 17, Dan Callahan, “Looking Recap: Versatility”, in Vulture [2] And he knows that Patrick can afford to complain about his mother’s minor selfishness but he cannot afford to engage with the idea of his own father at all.
quality of being selfish
Arabic: أَنَانِيَّة f ( ʔanāniyya )
Bengali: স্বার্থপরতা (bn) ( śarthoprota )
Bulgarian: себичност (bg) f ( sebičnost )
Catalan: egoisme (ca) m
Czech: sobeckost f
Dutch: zelfheid (nl) , eigenheid (nl)
Esperanto: memcentreco memismo egoismo (eo)
Finnish: itsekeskeisyys (fi) , itsekkyys (fi)
French: égocentrisme (fr) m égoïsme (fr) m
German: Egoismus (de) m Selbstsucht (de) f
Hebrew: אנוכיות
Ido: egoismo (io)
Interlingua: egoismo
Irish: leithleachas m
Italian: egoismo (it) m
Korean: 이기심(利己心) ( igisim )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خۆپەسەندی ( xopesendî )
Ladino:
Latin: egoismo
Lithuanian: savanaudiškumas m
Macedonian: себичност f ( sebičnost )
Malayalam: സ്വാർത്ഥത ( svāṟtthata )
Māori: kaipuku
Polish: egoizm (pl) m samolubność (pl) f samolubstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: egoísmo (pt)
Romanian: egoism (ro) n
Russian: эгои́зм (ru) m ( egoízm ) , себялю́бие (ru) n ( sebjaljúbije )
Spanish: egoísmo (es) m
Tamil: தன்னலம் (ta) ( taṉṉalam ) , சுயநலம் (ta) ( cuyanalam )
Turkish: bencillik (tr) , egoistlik (tr) , hodbinlik (tr) ( archaic )
Welsh: hunanoldeb m
Yiddish: עגאָיִזם m ( egoizm )
