the quality of being selfish, the condition of habitually putting ones own interests before those of others
stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others
disapproval If you say that someone is selfish, you mean that he or she cares only about himself or herself, and not about other people. I think I've been very selfish. I've been mainly concerned with myself. the selfish interests of a few people. + selfishly self·ish·ly Cabinet Ministers are selfishly pursuing their own vested interests. + selfishness self·ish·ness The arrogance and selfishness of different interest groups never ceases to amaze me. caring only about yourself and not about other people - used to show disapproval
concerned chiefly or only with yourself; "Selfish men were trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman