Usually means: Pursuit of personal benefit, gain.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-interest: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-interest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-interest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-interest, self-interest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-interest: Vocabulary.com
  6. Self-Interest, Self-interest, self-interest: Wordnik
  7. self-interest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-interest: Wiktionary
  9. self-interest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. self-interest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. self-interest: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. self-interest: Dictionary.com
  13. self-interest: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. self-interest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Self-interest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Self-interest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. self-interest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. self-interest: Rhymezone
  19. self-interest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. self-interest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. self-interest: FreeDictionary.org
  22. self-interest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. self-interest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-interest: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  One's personal interest or advantage, especially when pursued without regard for others.

Similar:
self-centeredness, self-seeking, egoism, egocentrism, expedience, opportunism, self-concern, self, privatism, enlightened self-interest, more...

Opposite:
altruism, selflessness

Phrases:
Enlightened self-interest, more...
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Similar:
self-centeredness, self-seeking, egoism, egocentrism, expedience, opportunism, self-concern, self, privatism, enlightened self-interest, more...

Opposite:
altruism, selflessness

Phrases:
Enlightened self-interest, more...



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