Antonyms for self-seeking

Grammar : Adj

Spell : self-see-king

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlfˈsi kɪŋ

Definition of self-seeking

Origin : "a seeking after one's own benefit (before those of others)," 1580s, from self + seeking, verbal noun from seek. As an adjective, from 1620s.

adj egotistic

Example sentences :

She had learned to know that Althea was not only snobbish, but self-seeking as well.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Many men, Agostino, enter the Church out of motives of self-seeking.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

But now the voice broke in again, apologetic, solicitous, self-seeking.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

There is an earnestness in high purpose no self-seeking could ever counterfeit.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

It is in self-seeking and advancement that we narrow our faculties and imprison our natures.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

Polite, certainly; nothing more so; but what a rebuke to self-seeking!
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

But he is true and honest, and affectionate, and is by no means exacting or self-seeking.
Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

In all this there is nothing of a self-seeking or covetous kind.
Extract from : « An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation » by Thorstein Veblen

He will certainly become proud, arrogant, self-seeking, and 575tyrannical.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Officiousness is self-seeking dressed up in the uniform of service.
Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde

Synonyms for self-seeking

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