Meaning

4 senses
  1. Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.

    egoistisch, selbstsüchtig, egozentrisch

    эгоисти́чныйegoistíčnyj

    егоїсти́чнийehojistýčnyj, кори́сливийkorýslyvyj

  2. Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.

    egoistisch, selbstsüchtig, egozentrisch

    эгоисти́чныйegoistíčnyj

  3. Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.

  4. Related to or equivalent to a selfish gene; best understood as existing to preserve and replicate itself in competition with other entities at the same level of existence, rather than at the level of the individual or population containing it.

More definitions
  • concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

Examples

292 sentences
  1. I don't think Tom is selfish.

    Я не думаю, що Том егоїст.

    ruЯ не думаю, что Том эгоистичен.

    deIch halte Tom nicht für selbstsüchtig.

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  2. Tom is a very selfish person.

    Том дуже егоїстична людина.

    deTom ist ein ziemlich egoistischer Mensch.

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  3. Tom accused me of being selfish.

    Том звинуватив мене в егоїзмі.

    ruТом обвинил меня в эгоизме.

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  4. Have you always been so selfish?

    Ти завжди був таким егоїстом?

    ruТы всегда был таким эгоистом?

    deBist du schon immer so egoistisch gewesen?

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  5. Don't be so selfish.

    Не будь таким егоїстом.

    ruНе будь таким эгоистом.

    deSei nicht so egoistisch!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making:
Русский
By meaning 1
holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making:

Origin

From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).

From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).

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Forms

more selfish/selfisher, most selfish/selfishest
Comparativemore selfish / selfisher Lesson
Superlativemost selfish / selfishest Lesson

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Synonyms

23 synonyms

Antonyms

10 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be so selfish
  • is a selfish
  • selfish person
  • being being selfish
  • as selfish as
  • a selfish person
  • very selfish person
  • a selfish man
  • is very selfish
  • a very selfish
  • is as selfish
  • selfish man

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
selfish — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto