Definition for Selfishness:

• 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.

Synonyms for Selfishness:

• n.

  •
  • self.
  •attribute (noun)
  • selfishness.
  •egoism/egotism (noun)
  • self worship,
  • megalomanias,
  • self love,
  • preoccupation with selves,
  • self admirations,
  • selfconfidence,
  • over-confidences,
  • selfworships,
  • selfpossession,
  • selfregard,
  • over confidence,
  • braggings,
  • selfimportance,
  • self possession,
  • over confidences,
  • boastfulnesses,
  • vauntings,
  • conceitednesses,
  • selfinterest,
  • self confidence,
  • self worships,
  • selflove,
  • selfadmirations,
  • selfinterests,
  • self admiration,
  • self regard,
  • self interests,
  • self-admirations,
  • swellheadednesses,
  • selfadmiration,
  • self-worships,
  • selfworship,
  • self importance,
  • self interest,
  • self-interests.
  •ego trip (noun)
  • self-aggrandizement,
  • self-praise,
  • immodesties,
  • immodesty.
  •greed (noun)
  • in satiableness,
  • in satiablenesses,
  • gimmie,
  • graspingnesses,
  • piggishnesses,
  • gormandizings,
  • in-satiableness,
  • in-satiablenesses,
  • in-temperance,
  • swinishnesses,
  • ex-cess,
  • in-temperances,
  • esuriences,
  • insatiablenesses,
  • gimmies,
  • in temperances,
  • ex cess,
  • the gimmie,
  • ex-cesses,
  • in temperance.
  •parsimony (noun)
  • miserlinesses,
  • niggardlinesses.
  •self-absorption (noun)
  • self absorption,
  • selfabsorption.
  •self-centeredness (noun)
  • self centeredness,
  • selfcenteredness.
  •self-importance (noun)
  • egotism.
  •self-involvement (noun)
  • self involvement,
  • selfinvolvement.
  •self-regard (noun)
  • self-indulgence,
  • stinginess.
  •selfishness (noun)
  • vanity,
  • greediness,
  • self-occupation.
  •stinginess (noun)
  • parsimony.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • avarice,
  • cupidity.

Paraphrases for Selfishness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    egoism, egotism, egocentricity.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    selfish.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    self-interest, self-indulgence.

Antonyms for Selfishness:

• n.

  • attribute
    unselfishness.
  • Other antonyms:
    magnanimity, neutrality, detachment, selflessness, impartiality, self-annihilation, altruism, objectivity, fairness, self-flagellation, disinterestedness.

Selfishness Sentence Examples:

• The difference between me and most men, said he, isn't in selfishness or in desires, but in courage.

• Had she, in her fond selfishness, turned that pretty home - nest into a tomb?

Homophones for Selfishness:

• sleepy sickness, Sylvia Communis, self-effacing, self-conscious, selfsameness, self-seeking, self-examining.

Hypernym for Selfishness:

• n.

  • attribute
    self-seeking, voraciousness, greediness, expedience, self-interest, rapaciousness, opportunism.

Hyponym for Selfishness:

• n.

  • attribute
    stinginess.