Meanings
comparative more self-seeking · superlative most self-seeking
- Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
Synonyms: egocentric, self-centered, solipsistic, egocentric, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic
- not comparablegovernmentThat searches for a target automatically.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconcerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
nountaking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishseeking
- Englishself-seeking
Translations
Finnish omanvoitonpyyteinen, maaliin hakeutuva
- omanvoitonpyyteinenmindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests
- maaliin hakeutuvamilitary: searching automatically for target
Italian autocercante
- autocercantemilitary: searching automatically for target
Māori tūmatarau
- tūmataraumindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests
Polish egoistyczny, samolubny
- egoistycznymindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests
- samolubnymindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests
Portuguese interesseiro
- interesseiromindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests
Russian своекоры́стный
- своекоры́стный (svojekorýstnyj)mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests
Cite this entry
self-seeking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-seeking
“self-seeking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-seeking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-seeking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-seeking.
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