as in selfness
excessive interest in oneself
the only reason for constantly ignoring everyone else's problems is selfishness
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Recent Examples of selfishness
Batemen gets a few moving monologues, but Vince’s heavier dose of morbid witticisms aren’t enough to overcome his pervasive selfishness and abominable behavior (nor is a late-arriving revelation about his past).
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Belly snaps at Taylor for her TikTok therapy and her selfishness, at which point Steven bursts in to defend Taylor and announce that Jere’s back.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Diamandis told me that our hardwired inclinations toward selfishness did trouble him sometimes, in the middle of the night.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
McMullen explained selfishness manifests in hogging a machine and taking way too long to find a perfect shot.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Belly snaps at Taylor for her TikTok therapy and her selfishness, at which point Steven bursts in to defend Taylor and announce that Jere’s back.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Diamandis told me that our hardwired inclinations toward selfishness did trouble him sometimes, in the middle of the night.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
McMullen explained selfishness manifests in hogging a machine and taking way too long to find a perfect shot.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for selfishness
Noun
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Happy Valentine’s Day card The vanity in the dressing room of the pop-up is the Easter egg mother lode, according to the Spotify reps, who encouraged us to look closely on it for clues.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
30 Sep. 2025
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This means cleaning your toilet, vanity countertops, and scrubbing the shower door and tiles.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is different from egoism and self-centeredness.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In advance of the ceremony, the finalists were asked an essential question: Orwell claimed that prose writers have four ‘great motivations’ (putting aside the need to earn a living): sheer egoism; aesthetic enthusiasm; historical impulse; and political purpose.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Powers is really a one-time star quarterback Russ Holliday who bowed out of the game in disgrace following an incident where his oversized ego over-engaged with a fan.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Well, there are 8 billion people in the world and some of them have very strong egos and some are very rich.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Selfishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selfishness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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