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Sentence count:279+12Posted:2016-12-13Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: egotisticalpossessiveself-centeredAntonym: selflessSimilar words: self-itselfhimselfby itselfin itselfof itselffishermanfishingMeaning: ['selfɪʃ]  adj. concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others. 
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121, This is because where selfishness brings higher rewards than altruism, selfish individuals leave more descendants, so altruists inevitably become extinct.
122, Finniston maintains there is inescapable evidence that the corporate world has become more selfish and self-seeking.
123, You blamed Gran-gran for being selfish, but what about you?
124, Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. Erich Fromm 
125, Members of Congress are impervious to the pain because they continue to collect their own salaries, the selfish clods.
126, We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
127, You're a selfish pig.
128, They put short-term expediency and selfish interest before the application of high principles.
129, We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish and perhaps above all, more stupid. Christopher Hitchens 
130, Love is the greatest joy and love- caretaker, as well as an emotionally selfish and destructive force in life. Dr T.P.Chia 
131, The problem is, you have to catch the selfish bleepers first.
132, The situation would, to an outsider, have seemed very selfish.
133, Thomas Fuller Bacon was born in Stamford in 1824 and was considered to be stubborn, selfish and unsociable as a child.
134, Your generation is very selfish. They don’t want India for its Ganga, but for their economic pride and self-respect. I’m hopeful because the chaos and crisis has reached a saturation point. This is our only chance. If it goes down a little bit more, then there is no scope. The youngsters have to realise that things are in their hands now. Gulzar 
135, Reports are commonly prosaic, dull, pompous and patronising and written with selfish disregard for the reader.
136, Our new role model, Hildamay, isn't selfish: more a regular girl guide.
137, Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. Kahlil Gibran 
138, You've every right to feel hard done by, so don't start thinking that you're being selfish.
139, He was an unsympathetic, arrogant, selfish swine, and she hated him.
140, Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance. Theodore Roosevelt 
141, Content with humiliation, satisfied with disappointment, I had been too selfish to reach out.
142, Everybody says, "When you have kids, you really get away from yourself." But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it. Brooke Shields 
143, They were times of fresh resolve(sentencedict.com), novel encroachments of the selfish gene.
144, Nepotism is selfish behaviour having the appearance of altruism since it benefits relatives as well as ones own concerns.
145, In fact, she was a very selfish, disagreeable, bad-tempered little girl.
146, Love is never boastful, or conceited, or rude; never selfish, not quick to take offense.
147, Amy, don't be selfish. Let the others have a turn.
148, Then again, poets seem able to turn bad love - selfish, shitty love into good love poetry.
149, Strategies that maximize the individual fitness component may be termed selfish.
150, People are seen as being more selfish, aggressive, and less tolerant and happy than was the case a decade ago.
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