: seeking only to further one's own interests
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Adjective
a self-seeking schemer who claimed others' ideas and achievements as his own
a self-seeking woman who could be counted on to sidetrack all conversation into a discussion of her problems
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Noun
And Alexander Hamilton gets slightly better press than the other two, but he is shown as someone who is brilliant, but self-seeking, arrogant, snobbish, contemptuous of others, and profoundly two-faced.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Self-seeking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-seeking. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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