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selfishness

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
selfish/ˈselfɪʃ/

▶adjective concerned chiefly with one's own profit or pleasure at the expense of consideration for others.

– derivatives
selfishly adverb,
selfishness noun.

'selfishness' also found in these Oxford entries:

selfish - selfness - solipsism

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plural of selfishness
Selfishness vs self-interest

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