self-seeking
self-seeking adjective: mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
Adjective
self-seeking (comparative more self-seeking, superlative most self-seeking)
- Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
- That searches for a target automatically.
Noun
self-seeking (uncountable)
self-seeking meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
self-seeking in Tamil
- தன்னல நாட்டம், தன்னலம் நாடுகின்ற
self-seeking in Bengali
- self-seeking; selfish
- আপকাওয়াস্তে apokaōẇaste
self-seeking in Malayalam
- self-serving, self-interested, selfish
- തൻകാര്യം നോക്കുന്ന, സ്വാർത്ഥമാത്രപരനായ, സ്വാർത്ഥ, തൻകാര്യമാത്ര പ്രസക്തനായ, സ്വാർത്ഥപരായണനായ, സ്വന്തംകാര്യം മാത്രം നോക്കുന്ന
self-seeking in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಪರಾಯಣನಾದ, ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಾನ್ವೇಷಕನಾದ, ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಿಯಾದ
Synonyms of self-seeking
- egocentric
- self-centered
- solipsistic
- egoistical
- every man for himself
- idiocentric
- individualistic
- interested
- porkish
- reptilian
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Forms of self-seeking
| comparative | more self-seeking |
|---|---|
| superlative | most self-seeking |
Origin of self-seeking
From self- + seeking.
Questions about self-seeking
- What does self-seeking mean?
- Self-seeking means mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
- What is self-seeking in Tamil?
- Self-seeking in Tamil is தன்னல நாட்டம், தன்னலம் நாடுகின்ற. See Self-seeking meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is self-seeking?
- Self-seeking can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near self-seeking in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-seeking (page history and authors); self-seeking (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আপকাওয়াস্তে (Bengali) (page history and authors); self-seeking (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); self-seeking (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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