as in opportunist
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong
he's a self-seeker who is nice only to people who can do him favors
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Thus the self-seekers and the doctrinaires were drawn together into an alliance to maintain the status quo, and all its abuses and inequalities were made sacrosanct.
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Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Noun
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In clinical conditions such as hospitals, these opportunist pathogens can be life-threatening.Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Pic is about a ring of enterprising boosters (aka shoplifters, equal opportunists), who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
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McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
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Baylor could be described as a longtime bottom-feeder on the rise when CU left the Big 12.Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
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However, somehow out-tanking other bottom-feeders around the league will be the only way to get him in a Brooklyn uniform.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
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Recent discoveries of fin stockpiling, coupled with seizures at ports, underscore the incomplete effectiveness of the ban in halting the trafficking of shark or rhino ray fins.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Klein will showcase Little Saints to the panel of sharks in an attempt to secure an investment for her business.Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Self-seeker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-seeker. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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