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.
  •ego trip (noun)
  • self-praise.
  •misanthropy (noun)
  • inhumanity,
  • misanthropy.
  •self-importance (noun)
  • egotism.
  •selfishness (noun)
  • vanity,
  • greediness,
  • self-occupation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • avarice,
  • cupidity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • rapacity,
  • penuriousness,
  • Selfhood,
  • Selfness,
  • craving,
  • selfish,
  • individuality,
  • nepotism,
  • narrowness,
  • self-confidence,
  • self-indulgence,
  • expedience,
  • Self-applause,
  • personality,
  • opportunism,
  • interestedness,
  • parsimony,
  • meanness,
  • self-approbation,
  • Selfism,
  • Self-gratulation,
  • interest,
  • self-advancement,
  • desire,
  • self-esteem,
  • self-pleasing,
  • self-glorification,
  • Self-devotion,
  • conceit,
  • self-serving,
  • individualism,
  • ego,
  • independence,
  • Hoggery,
  • autism,
  • acquisitiveness,
  • Autotheism,
  • self-sufficiency,
  • Amour Propre,
  • close-fistedness,
  • penny-pinching,
  • self-complacency,
  • self-seeking,
  • Self-conceit,
  • inconsiderateness,
  • navel-gazing,
  • personification,
  • covetousness,
  • stinginess.

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.

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.