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selfish
(mass) | selfish
- sebecký |
selfish
(encz) | selfish,egoistický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
selfish
(encz) | selfish,sobecký adj: |
Selfish
(gcide) | Selfish \Self"ish\, a.
1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's
own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the
expense, of those of others.
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They judge of things according to their own private
appetites and selfish passions. --Cudworth.
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In that throng of selfish hearts untrue. --Keble.
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2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of
human action are derived from love of self.
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Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
--Fleming.
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selfish
(wn) | selfish
adj 1: 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 [ant:
unselfish] |
selfish
(devil) | SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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damselfish
(encz) | damselfish, n: |
selfish person
(encz) | selfish person, n: |
selfishly
(encz) | selfishly,egoisticky adv: Zdeněk Brožselfishly,sobecky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
selfishness
(encz) | selfishness,sobectví n: |
unselfish
(encz) | unselfish,nesobecký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unselfishly
(encz) | unselfishly,nesobecky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
unselfishness
(encz) | unselfishness,nesobeckost n: Zdeněk Brožunselfishness,obětavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
damselfish
(gcide) | damselfish \damselfish\ n.
small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral
reefs.
Syn: demoiselle.
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Selfish
(gcide) | Selfish \Self"ish\, a.
1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's
own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the
expense, of those of others.
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They judge of things according to their own private
appetites and selfish passions. --Cudworth.
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In that throng of selfish hearts untrue. --Keble.
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2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of
human action are derived from love of self.
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Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
--Fleming.
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Selfishly
(gcide) | Selfishly \Self"ish*ly\, adv.
In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or
chiefly.
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Selfishness
(gcide) | Selfishness \Self"ish*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to
one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or
self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes
to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness,
without regarding those of others.
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Selfishness, -- a vice utterly at variance with the
happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such,
condemned by self-love. --Sir J.
Mackintosh.
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Syn: See Self-love.
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Unselfish
(gcide) | Unselfish \Unselfish\
See selfish. |
damselfish
(wn) | damselfish
n 1: small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral
reefs [syn: damselfish, demoiselle] |
selfish person
(wn) | selfish person
n 1: a person who is unusually selfish |
selfishly
(wn) | selfishly
adv 1: in an egotistical manner; "he behaved egotistically"
[syn: egotistically, selfishly] [ant: unselfishly] |
selfishness
(wn) | selfishness
n 1: stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare
and a disregard of others [ant: unselfishness] |
unselfish
(wn) | unselfish
adj 1: disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those
of others [ant: selfish]
2: not greedy |
unselfishly
(wn) | unselfishly
adv 1: in an unselfish manner; "he acted unselfishly when he
helped her get the promotion" [ant: egotistically,
selfishly] |
unselfishness
(wn) | unselfishness
n 1: the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing
to give your time or money or effort etc. for others;
"rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do
their urban cousins" [ant: selfishness]
2: acting generously [syn: generosity, unselfishness] |
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