"self-interested" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more self-interested [comparative], most self-interested [superlative]
Etymology: From self- + interested. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|interested}} self- + interested Head templates: {{en-adj}} self-interested (comparative more self-interested, superlative most self-interested)
  1. Having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself. Derived forms: broadly self-interested, economically self-interested, enlightenedly self-interested, nakedly self-interested, narrowly self-interested, self-interestedness Related terms: self-interest Translations (having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself): baatzuchtig (Dutch), omakasuline (Estonian), omakasupüüdlik (Estonian), omaa etuaan ajava (Finnish), egoistyczny (Polish), autointeresado (Spanish), кори́сливий (korýslyvyj) (Ukrainian), користолю́бний (korystoljúbnyj) (Ukrainian), своєкори́сливий (svojekorýslyvyj) [rare] (Ukrainian)
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