Associations to the word «Selfishness»

Wiktionary

SELFISHNESS, noun. The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others

Dictionary definition

SELFISHNESS, noun. Stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky