Associations to the word «Selfish»

Wiktionary

SELFISH, adjective. Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.
SELFISH, adjective. Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
SELFISH GENE, noun. The concept of viewing genes as if they were the primary drivers and beneficiaries of the evolutionary process.

Dictionary definition

SELFISH, adjective. Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca