Self-interest: alternatives and connections

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 p…

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A stroke; a touch.

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One who advocates or practices opportunism.

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One who advocates or practices opportunism.

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The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego…

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Alt. of Expediency

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The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate conseque…

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Concern for one's self.

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Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.