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How to say: selfish

Spelling: Selfish Syllables  selfish
US accent
/sˈɛlfɪʃ/
UK accent
/sˈɛlfɪʃ/
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Definition

Definition — concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; - Maria Weston Chapman

e.g. “Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights”

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