Hindi
स्वार्थीपन सं
Definition
दूसरोँ के बजाए केवल निजी लाभ और सुख का चिंतन.
Synonyms
ख़ुदग़रज़ी, ख़ुदपरस्ती, ख़ुदमतलबी, नफ़्सपरस्ती, प्यास, भूख, मतलबीपन, लालचीपन, लिप्सा, लोलुपता, संकीर्णता, संकुचितता, सयानप, सयानपत, सयानपन, सयानापन, सिप्पा, स्यानप, स्यानपत, स्यानपन, स्यानापन, स्वार्थपरकता, स्वार्थपरता, स्वार्थपरायणता, स्वार्थलिप्सा, स्वार्थ संपादन, स्वार्थ साधकता, स्वार्थसाधन, स्वार्थीपन, स्वार्थोपपत्ति.
Similar Concepts
अधिग्रहण, अनुदारमनस्कता, अवसरवादिता, एकल भोजन, कंजूसी, कुटिलता, खीँचातानी, घोटाला, चाटुकारिता, धक्कामुक्की, धनलोलुपता, परिग्रह वृत्ति, लालसा, लूटपाट, लोभ, लोभीपन, स्वार्थ, स्वार्थी प्रतियोगिता, हित.
Opposite Concepts
उच्चाशयता, जनहित, विशालहृदयता, स्वार्थहीनता.
English
selfishness n
Definition
concern chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure at the expense of consideration for others.
Synonyms
avariciousness, craving, cupidity, greediness, piggishness, rapaciousness, self-interest, selfishness, self-seeking at the expense of others, self-worship, thirst.
Similar Concepts
acquiring, acquisitiveness, benefit, eating by oneself, flattery, greed, greediness, jostling, mammonism, melee, miserliness, narrow-mindedness, opportunism, plunder, scam, self-interest--, self-seeking competition, wickedness, yearning.
Opposite Concepts
contribution to a cause, largeheartedness, noble-mindedness, public good.
Sample Phrases
"Perhaps when I am dead the society will see the criminal selfishness of reserving for itself what was meant for mankind.".
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