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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

concerned excessively with, and devoted to the care of oneself;

e.g. But this selfish decision was what was right for my family.

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Similar Words

Egocentric

Egotistical

Grudging

Inner-directed

Monkeyish

Narcissistic

Self-absorbed

Self-centered

Self-directed

Self-glorifying

Self-infatuated

Self-obsessed

Self-oriented

Self-preoccupied

Self-regarding

Self-seeking

Self-serving

Solipsistic

Than

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Opposite Words

Altruistic

Beneficent

Benevolent

Bountiful

Charitable

Diffident

Eleemosynary

Free

Generous

Good

Greathearted

Humanitarian

Liberal

Magnanimous

Munificent

Open

Openhanded

Other-directed

Philanthropic

Self-denying

Self-doubting

Self-forgetful

Self-giving

Self-questioning

Self-reflective

Self-sacrificing

Selfless

Social-minded

Unselfish

Unsparing

Unstinting

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Related Words

Assured

Biggety

Bold

Cheap

Chintzy

Close

Complacent

Conceited

Consequential

Contrary

Disdainful

Egotistical

Errant

Familiar

Forward

Free

Froward

Haughty

Hifalutin

Highfalutin

Important

Inner-directed

Lofty

Lordly

Mean

Mingy

Mischievous

Miserly

Niggard

Niggardly

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Parsimonious

Penny

Penurious

Pompous

Presumptuous

Prideful

Proud

Self-directed

Self-glorifying

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Smug

Spare

Sparing

Stingy

Stuck-up

Superior

Tight

Tightfisted

Uncharitable

Ungenerous

Vain

Vainglorious

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