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selfish

sel·fish

UK/ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/ US/ˈsɛɫ̥fɪʃ/ common

adjective

1.

concerned chiefly or only with yourself

  • “Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights” Maria Weston Chapman
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Origin

From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).

Phrases

  • selfish DNA
  • selfish gene

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