self-interested
self-interested adjective: having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.
Adjective
self-interested (comparative more self-interested, superlative most self-interested)
- Having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.
self-interested meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam
self-interested in Hindi
- self-interested
- काम्य kāmya
self-interested in Tamil
- தன்னலப்பற்றுடைய, தற்பற்றால் தூண்டப்பட்ட
self-interested in Malayalam
- self-serving, self-seeking, self-obsessed
- സ്വാർത്ഥ, തൻകാര്യമാത്രപ്രസക്തനായ, സ്വാർത്ഥപരായണനായ, സ്വന്തംകാര്യം മാത്രം നോക്കുന്ന, സ്വാർത്ഥെെകനിരതനായ, തൻകാര്യം മാത്രം നോക്കുന്ന
Synonyms of self-interested
- egocentric
- self-centered
- solipsistic
- egoistical
- every man for himself
- idiocentric
- individualistic
- interested
- porkish
- reptilian
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Forms of self-interested
| comparative | more self-interested |
|---|---|
| superlative | most self-interested |
Origin of self-interested
From self- + interested.
Words formed from self-interested
- broadly self-interested
- economically self-interested
- enlightenedly self-interested
- nakedly self-interested
- narrowly self-interested
- self-interestedness
Questions about self-interested
- What does self-interested mean?
- Self-interested means having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.
- What is self-interested in Hindi?
- Self-interested in Hindi is काम्य (kāmya). See Self-interested meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is self-interested?
- Self-interested is an adjective.
Words near self-interested in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-interested (page history and authors); काम्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); self-interested (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-interested (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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