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excessive interest in oneself
the only reason for constantly ignoring everyone else's problems is selfishness
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Recent Examples of selfishness
Compared to the rest of the world’s peoples, Americans lead the planet in selfishness.
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K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
Not quite a love story, theirs — with its paired selfishness — is a common, realist tragedy.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
Was all this actually vanity and delusion, selfishness masquerading as morality?
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The history of the United States is a history of selfishness.
—K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
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K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
Not quite a love story, theirs — with its paired selfishness — is a common, realist tragedy.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
Was all this actually vanity and delusion, selfishness masquerading as morality?
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The history of the United States is a history of selfishness.
—K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for selfishness
Noun
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Its bathroom has a walk-in shower and a vanity with a marble counter.Angela Serratore, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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In one photo, a 7-year-old Eilish smiles happily in front of a birthday cake designed to look like a vanity.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Psychological egoism is at play here, too, with Jimmy’s extreme emotional investment in getting Grace help.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information, Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.Sean Illing, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024
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There is no solution easily at hand because the usual sports complications of money and ego are in play.Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
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Any of those guys to come here and submit to the program and put your ego aside and go for team glory?Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Selfishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selfishness. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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