selfish

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
2. Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.
3. Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.
4. Related to or equivalent to a selfish gene; best understood as existing to preserve and replicate itself in competition with other entities at the same level of existence, rather than at the level of the individual or population containing it.

Sinonieme

greedy

self-centered

egoistic

egocentric

grasping

avaricious

egotistic

egoistical

self-interested

egotistical

rapacious

stingy

voracious

self-seeking

self-centred

gluttonous

niggardly

piggish

covetous

egoist

wicked

parsimonious

arbitrary

penurious

haughty

glutton

one-sided

fraudulent

deceitful

cruel

mean

jealous

self-willed

proud

hoard

ego

disobedient

black-hearted

dishonest

partial

overbearing

forbidden

biased

apart

opportunistic

narrow-minded

evil

narrow

miserly

merciless

Vertalings

égoïste

egoistisch

egoísta

egoista

egoistico

selbstsüchtig

eigennützig

egoïstisch

baatzuchtig

egoísta

egoista

Selbstsucht

zelfzuchtig

φίλαυτος

εγωιστής

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Deens: selvisk

Verwante met Sweeds: självisk

In summary

From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).