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SELF-SEEKING

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• SELF-SEEKING (noun)
The noun SELF-SEEKING has 1 sense:

1. taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

Familiarity information: SELF-SEEKING used as a noun is very rare.

• SELF-SEEKING (adjective)
The adjective SELF-SEEKING has 1 sense:

1. interested only in yourself

Familiarity information: SELF-SEEKING used as an adjective is very rare.

• SELF-SEEKING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

opportunism; self-interest; self-seeking; expedience

Hypernyms ("self-seeking" is a kind of...):

selfishness (stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others)

• SELF-SEEKING (adjective)

Sense 1

self-seeking ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Interested only in yourself

Synonyms:

self-seeking; self-serving

Similar:

selfish (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others)

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(Corsican proverb)

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