noun. Selfish character, disposition, or conduct; exclusive or chief regard for one's own interest or happiness.

noun. Synonyms Selfishness, Self-love. See the quotations.

noun. 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.

noun. the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others

noun. stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others

"The latter part of his system is clearly countenanced by the sacred writings; and it does appear to be a stretch of language, to apply the term selfishness to the longing which the sincere Christian feels for the full enjoyment of God."

generosity  self-denial  

egoism  

stinginess  

expedience  greediness  opportunism  rapaciousness  self-interest  

arrogance  corruption  cruelty  egotism  greed  

autotheism  ego  egocentricity  egocentrism  egoism