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From self-serving + -ness. First use appears c. 1915. See cite below.
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Today it means: The state of someone or something being self-serving. Full definition →
From self-serving + -ness. First use appears c. 1915. See cite below.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.