as in egotistical
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a selfish desire to succeed at the expense of others
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Recent Examples of selfish
Parthenope is inscrutable yet expressive, insolent yet heroic, magnetic yet unattainable, loving yet selfish.
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Mike Miller, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Liberals without children fear they are seen as selfish careerists or libertines.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Dropping this much weight in such a short amount of time is both dangerous and, according to his teammates, selfish.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Several players spoke of trying to not defer too much, and needing to be selfish at times.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
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Mike Miller, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Liberals without children fear they are seen as selfish careerists or libertines.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Dropping this much weight in such a short amount of time is both dangerous and, according to his teammates, selfish.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Several players spoke of trying to not defer too much, and needing to be selfish at times.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for selfish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selfish
Adjective
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There’s no egotistical rock star bullsh**t going on here.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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This was my chance to not be an actor, not have that stink of being an actor, that egotistical, show-off, controlling, making choices, being clever part of being an actor.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Related article How being a ‘gray rock’ can protect you against narcissists Now, a new study has found grandiose narcissists are not only more likely to feel ostracized but are also genuinely excluded more often than those with less egocentric personalities.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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Lanzmann, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 92, was a brilliant journalist, writer and filmmaker known for being highly confrontational, as well as highly egocentric.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Studying thousands of participants through a series of surveys and experiments, a team of researchers recently investigated the narcissistic experience of exclusion.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
20 Feb. 2025
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While some narcissistic cops may think having the whole department to themselves is a license to run wild, Lou is sick of it.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
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There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sitting on the sidelines and labeling someone else as self-centered is easy.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But Shirley MacLaine takes things to a whole other level when Aurora — who audiences could be forgiven for initially dismissing as a vapid and self-absorbed mom — takes our heartstrings and refuses to let go.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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There's no market for a self-absorbed, past his prime, locker room cancer?—
Dianna Russini,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The dissolution of the Family is seen as a sad, painfully slow affair, as, like Brian Wilson before him, Stone drifted off into his own solipsistic world of experimentation.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Needless to say, this particular motive is not mentioned in Biden’s solipsistic and self-pitying statement.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Not just for this reason, but also due to the fact she’s been so self-involved the past year.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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A little self-involved, but the check clears either way.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2024
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The potential for self-serving bias and belief bias are evident.—
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky,
Forbes,
27 Mar. 2023
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For officials in China and Russia, de facto adversaries of the United States, the Iraq War is an easy precedent to put forward to shoot down Washington’s talking points, no matter how self-serving and cynical that may be.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
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“Selfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selfish. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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