self-seekers

Those pursuing advantage

Self-seekers are people who pursue their own interests and advancement above all else, often at the expense of others.

The term carries moral disapproval—self-seekers aren't merely ambitious but selfishly so, indifferent to how their striving affects those around them: The organization attracted idealists and self-seekers alike.

ambition

opportunists

Those exploiting any advantage

climbersThose who scale heights
careeristsAdvancement-obsessed professionals
striversPeople who work hard

go-getters · social climbers · power-hungry · ambitious · advancement · networkers · sycophants · brown-nosers · apple-polishers

moral

unscrupulous

Lacking moral principles

ruthlessLacking any compassion
calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
MachiavellianRuthlessly manipulative in politics

manipulators · schemers · conniving · backstabbers · treacherous · disloyal · untrustworthy · double-dealers · amoral · unprincipled

greed

profiteers

Those gaining from hardship

exploitersThose who abuse others
gold-diggersPeople seeking wealthy partners
mercenariesSoldiers paid to fight

fortune-hunters · money-grubbers · grasping · acquisitive · materialistic · covetous · avaricious · hoarders · takers · parasites

narcissism

egotists

Self-centered individuals

narcissistsSelf-absorbed individuals
egocentricsSelf-focused individuals
vainExcessively proud or futile

conceited · me-first · individualistic · entitled · navel-gazers · solipsistic · hedonists · egomaniacs · divas

Opposites

motivation orientation

self-seekersaltruists

People motivated by others' welfare

philanthropists · humanitarians · self-sacrificers · do-gooders · public servants

moral character

self-seekerssaints

Canonized religious figures

Mother Teresa · ascetics · martyrs · givers · self-sacrificers

Family

self, seeker, seek, seeks, seeking, seekers, self-seeker, self-seeking, selves

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