Synonyms for self-seeking
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : self-see-king |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlfˈsi kɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for self-seeking Other synonyms for the word self-seeking
- boastful
- conceited
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- opinionated
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-involved
- self-serving
- selfish
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for self-seeking
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