01 a. 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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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.“They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions.” — Cudworth.“In that throng of selfish hearts untrue.” — Keble.
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Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.(Ethics)“Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.” — Fleming.