Similar words: conflict of interest, interest, vested interest, in the interest of, interested, interesting, disinterest, interest rate. Meaning: n. 1. taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others 2. concern for your own interests and welfare.
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1 The company's donation was surely motivated by self-interest, as it attracted a lot of media attention.
2 Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest.
3 It's just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare.
4 Self-interest governs all his actions.
5 He helped us out of charity, not self-interest.
6 His offer was motivated solely by self-interest.
7 His judgement was warped by self-interest.
8 Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.
9 She was motivated solely by self-interest.
10 Not all of them were acting out of self-interest.
11 His supposed generosity is merely a form of self-interest.
12 He is motivated entirely by self-interest.
13 All his decisions have been entirely governed by self-interest.
14 His election campaign appeals more to enlightened self-interest than to self-sacrifice.
15 I was torn between altruism and self-interest.
16 But such self-interest might prove misguided.
17 As always(sentencedict.com), political calculation based on self-interest.
18 Not all people are motivated by self-interest.
19 Certain information is desired for enlightened national self-interest.
20 Because that self-interest has continued, we have maintained our membership,[www.Sentencedict.com] even though we continue to run an imbalance on our trade.
21 People participate in the club for reasons of self-interest rather than altruism.
22 The universally-shared human motive of rational self-interest makes human action predictable, generalisable and controllable.
23 Self-interest now propels both Clinton and Republican leaders in Congress to reach accommodation on issues that long have divided them.
24 He complained that there was a tendency to equate right-wing politics with self-interest.
25 Directors may be tempted to act in their own self-interest.
26 I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest.
27 Licensed dealers offered a personal service, but this was marred by their self-interest.
28 Advertising is most effective when it appeals directly to people's self-interest.
29 Even the pope recently reproached local politicians on a visit to Naples for their self-interest and neglect of their constituents.
30 Takla Haymanot of Gojjam, another of John's powerful and ambitious subjects, was also motivated solely by self-interest.
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