self-serving
For one's benefit
Self-serving describes actions or statements that serve one's own interests, especially while pretending to be principled or generous.
A self-serving apology protects the apologizer more than it acknowledges harm.
Self-serving bias is the tendency to interpret events in ways that flatter oneself: His account of what happened was transparently self-serving.
Creating false impressions
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- dishonestInclined to deceive
unscrupulous · cunning · insincere · disingenuous · underhanded · duplicitous · calculating · misleading
One exploiting circumstances
- careeristAdvancement-obsessed professional
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- climberOne who scales
ladder-climbing · networker · ambitious · exploitative · backstabbing · cutthroat · brown-nosing · sycophantic
Obsessed with one's image
- greedyExcessively wanting more
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
- ungenerousUnwilling to give freely
Biased toward one side
- slantedAngled from vertical
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
distorted · partial · cherry-picking · rationalization · propaganda · selective · agenda · lobbying
deceptive
Creating false impressions
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
dishonest · unscrupulous · cunning · insincere · disingenuous · underhanded · duplicitous · calculating · misleading · guileful
opportunist
One exploiting circumstances
- careeristAdvancement-obsessed professional
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
- graspingGreedy for wealth
climber · ladder-climbing · networker · ambitious · exploitative · backstabbing · cutthroat · brown-nosing · sycophantic · political
narcissistic
Obsessed with one's image
- greedyExcessively wanting more
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
partisan
Biased toward one side
- slantedAngled from vertical
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- prejudicedBiased against a group
skewed · distorted · partial · cherry-picking · rationalization · propaganda · selective · agenda · lobbying
- selfish traitsgreedy, egotistical, narcissistic, me-first, entitled
- selfishnessgreed, egoism, narcissism, entitlement, avarice
- opportunismcapitalizing, cashing in, maneuvering, leveraging, positioning
- self-interestegoism, look out for number one, every man for himself, greed, opportunism
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- leadership flawsarrogance, micromanaging, indecision, favoritism, poor communication
self-servingselfless
Concerned with others' welfare
altruistic · self-sacrificing · unselfish · self-denying · charitable
self-servingmagnanimous
Noble and forgiving
greathearted · benevolent · noble · high-minded · beneficent
self-servingobjective
Purpose or goal
impartial · disinterested · fair-minded · honest · candid
self, serve, service, selfish, serving, servant, selfless, selfie, selfishness