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Definition of self-seeking in English: self-seekingadjective Having concern for one's own welfare and interests before those of others. 追逐私利的 the self-seeking aggrandizement of Party bosses 党魁们对个人私利的追逐。 Example sentencesExamples - O'Grady's accounts of the Elizabethan wars find heroism only among the ordinary members of the warrior class as brave and honest pawns sacrificed to the intrigues of their self-seeking leaders.
- This is indeed regrettable, because politicians who act only in their own partisan, self-seeking interest are doing nothing other than letting their country down.
- I had never seen so many insidious, self-seeking agendas.
- The level of acrimony is so widespread and acute that it's impossible to dismiss those involved as disgruntled former employees, disillusioned leftists or self-seeking turncoats.
- This excellent pair of companion volumes presents the story of how the events of the Civil War forged a community where there had previously been a disparate and self-seeking collection of individuals.
- Cooperation and love, they are taught, are beautiful ideals best left to the church, synagogue, or mosque, but in the real world we will encounter people driven by self-seeking needs and we had better do the same.
- It is the mask that the politically covetous wear to hide their self-seeking agenda.
- You wonder what the point of promises are when they're only used to mask self-seeking behaviour.
- Some have entered the field for largely self-seeking reasons, although such individuals seldom excel.
- Despite his predilection for this sort of self-seeking behaviour, there are many who don't want him to jump.
- Atrocities are happening all over the world due to the self-righteous, self-seeking gratification of particular groups.
- The depredations of philistine governments and ignorant, self-seeking bureaucrats are not the sole cause of the changes I have witnessed in academic literary studies.
- The union's betrayals have not merely been the product of the cowardice of a few self-seeking union leaders.
- Government is required because acting man cannot negotiate agreements effectively with other self-seeking acting men.
- All in all, this self-seeking sojourn has been gratifying.
- There is in fact no great demand for Britain's self-seeking managers in the rest of Europe, for example (where in any case salary levels tend to be lower).
- For the scientific democrats the most salient fact of American life during the Gilded Age was the spread of egoistic and self-seeking behavior.
- Zambians should be commended for ignoring the flopped demonstration organised by frustrated and self-seeking politicians who were hoping to gunner some political capital out of the ill-conceived exercise.
- To make room for them, items such as debates about the self-seeking behavior of the Church could be made into footnotes or appendices.
- Rather, it creates an institutional framework in which, to get ahead in their economic engagements, even people who grow up entirely self-seeking and anti-social must attend to the general social good and the well-being of others.
Synonyms self-interested, self-serving, self-obsessed, self-absorbed, self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, inward-looking, introverted, selfish inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, uncaring informal looking after number one
noun mass nounConcern for oneself before others. 追逐私利 everywhere he encounters self-seeking, hypocrisy, and dishonesty Example sentencesExamples - My point is that even such self-seeking requires a considerable amount of common culture.
- It is an old truth that lack of understanding and sheer stupidity are causing more harm and suffering in the world than wickedness and self-seeking.
- Let us turn from selfishness and deceit, from self-pity and self-seeking to discover the spirit of God which is the true spirit of thanksgiving, dedication and commitment.
Synonyms egocentrism, egotism, egomania, introversion, self-seeking, self-serving, self-obsession, self-absorption, self-regard, self-interest, self-love
Derivativesnoun At the same time, he defends the reputation of the majority of MPs and shows they are far from being self-seekers. Example sentencesExamples - If the government were made up entirely of that coarse element - the violators, self-seekers, and flatterers - who form its core, it could not continue to exist.
- The ultimate outrage of all this is that the people who are subjected to the ravages of the wrong-headed policies promoted by these self-seekers are taxed to pay for the production of this junk science to begin with.
- They are remote and unrealistic ivory-tower idealists, corrupt self-seekers, secret subversives, or simply too weak to resist villainy.
- As a result, it has become the exclusive preserve of the dishonest, criminals and self-seekers.
Definition of self-seeking in US English: self-seekingadjectiveˈˌself ˈsēkiNGˈˌsɛlf ˈsikɪŋ Having concern for one's own welfare and interests before those of others; self-serving. 追逐私利的 the self-seeking aggrandizement of Party bosses 党魁们对个人私利的追逐。 Example sentencesExamples - This is indeed regrettable, because politicians who act only in their own partisan, self-seeking interest are doing nothing other than letting their country down.
- O'Grady's accounts of the Elizabethan wars find heroism only among the ordinary members of the warrior class as brave and honest pawns sacrificed to the intrigues of their self-seeking leaders.
- Rather, it creates an institutional framework in which, to get ahead in their economic engagements, even people who grow up entirely self-seeking and anti-social must attend to the general social good and the well-being of others.
- Government is required because acting man cannot negotiate agreements effectively with other self-seeking acting men.
- It is the mask that the politically covetous wear to hide their self-seeking agenda.
- Zambians should be commended for ignoring the flopped demonstration organised by frustrated and self-seeking politicians who were hoping to gunner some political capital out of the ill-conceived exercise.
- For the scientific democrats the most salient fact of American life during the Gilded Age was the spread of egoistic and self-seeking behavior.
- Some have entered the field for largely self-seeking reasons, although such individuals seldom excel.
- All in all, this self-seeking sojourn has been gratifying.
- Despite his predilection for this sort of self-seeking behaviour, there are many who don't want him to jump.
- There is in fact no great demand for Britain's self-seeking managers in the rest of Europe, for example (where in any case salary levels tend to be lower).
- The union's betrayals have not merely been the product of the cowardice of a few self-seeking union leaders.
- I had never seen so many insidious, self-seeking agendas.
- To make room for them, items such as debates about the self-seeking behavior of the Church could be made into footnotes or appendices.
- This excellent pair of companion volumes presents the story of how the events of the Civil War forged a community where there had previously been a disparate and self-seeking collection of individuals.
- You wonder what the point of promises are when they're only used to mask self-seeking behaviour.
- The depredations of philistine governments and ignorant, self-seeking bureaucrats are not the sole cause of the changes I have witnessed in academic literary studies.
- Atrocities are happening all over the world due to the self-righteous, self-seeking gratification of particular groups.
- The level of acrimony is so widespread and acute that it's impossible to dismiss those involved as disgruntled former employees, disillusioned leftists or self-seeking turncoats.
- Cooperation and love, they are taught, are beautiful ideals best left to the church, synagogue, or mosque, but in the real world we will encounter people driven by self-seeking needs and we had better do the same.
Synonyms self-interested, self-serving, self-obsessed, self-absorbed, self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, inward-looking, introverted, selfish
nounˈˌself ˈsēkiNGˈˌsɛlf ˈsikɪŋ Concern for oneself before others. 追逐私利 everywhere he encounters self-seeking, hypocrisy, and dishonesty Example sentencesExamples - It is an old truth that lack of understanding and sheer stupidity are causing more harm and suffering in the world than wickedness and self-seeking.
- Let us turn from selfishness and deceit, from self-pity and self-seeking to discover the spirit of God which is the true spirit of thanksgiving, dedication and commitment.
- My point is that even such self-seeking requires a considerable amount of common culture.
Synonyms egocentrism, egotism, egomania, introversion, self-seeking, self-serving, self-obsession, self-absorption, self-regard, self-interest, self-love
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