selfishness
Caring only inward
Selfishness is excessive concern for oneself at the expense of others—prioritizing your own interests, comfort, or pleasure while disregarding how your actions affect those around you.
The word carries moral weight: calling someone selfish is an accusation, not just a description.
His selfishness ruined the marriage.
It's not selfish to take time for yourself.
Excessive pride in oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
hubris · superiority · smugness · boastfulness · preening · pride · vainglory
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- graspingGreedy for wealth
insatiability · possessiveness · materialism · rapacity · gluttony · stinginess · miserliness · tight-fisted
Lack of interest
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- coldnessLow temperature state
unsympathetic · heartlessness · inconsideration · thoughtlessness · neglect · unkindness · cruelty · hard-heartedness
Excessively self-centered
- me-firstPrioritizing personal advantage
- egocentricExcessively focused on oneself
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
- individualisticFavoring personal autonomy
Belief in external truths
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- atomismDiscrete particles compose everything
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
vanity
Excessive pride in oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
arrogance · hubris · superiority · smugness · boastfulness · preening · pride · vainglory
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
grasping · insatiability · possessiveness · materialism · rapacity · gluttony · stinginess · miserliness · tight-fisted · ungenerous
indifference
Lack of interest
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
- disregardWillful lack of attention
coldness · unsympathetic · heartlessness · inconsideration · thoughtlessness · neglect · unkindness · cruelty · hard-heartedness · dismissiveness
egotistical
Excessively self-centered
- me-firstPrioritizing personal advantage
- egocentricExcessively focused on oneself
- inconsiderateLacking regard for others
objectivism
Belief in external truths
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- atomismDiscrete particles compose everything
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, arrogance
- bad behaviorslying, cheating, stealing, rudeness, gossiping
- human flawsmistake, error, flaw, fault, failing
- selfishnessgreed, egoism, narcissism, entitlement, avarice
- social behaviorcourtesy, etiquette, friendship, greeting, cooperation
- narcissismnarcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, ego, vanity, arrogance
selfishnessselflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
altruism · unselfishness · self-sacrifice · self-denial · self-abnegation
selfishnessdisinterestedness
Absence of selfish motive
impartiality · fairness · objectivity · even-handedness · neutrality
selfishnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
benevolence · charity · magnanimity · liberality · munificence