Examples of 'self-interested' in a sentence
Meaning of "self-interested"
Self-interested describes someone who is primarily concerned with their own personal gain or advantage
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- Having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.
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From self-interested capitalism to conscious capitalism.
Is that everyone pretends not to be self-interested.
Self-interested corporations set the rules.
Even ethical behaviour is supposed to be self-interested.
I am a self-interested person and my own hero.
There is no basis for it in self-interested liberalism.
Self-interested elites become more prominent.
Parties are conceived as self-interested actors.
And self-interested agents who need to be.
Human beings are naturally self-interested.
Humans self-interested but capable of benevolence.
You put on a good show of being completely self-interested.
Sources have self-interested reasons to leak.
People are opportunistic and self-interested.
Self-interested behavior is seen as a barrier.
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His friends are more self-interested than sincere.
Self-interested people who are trying to better themselves.
Her friends are more self-interested than sincere.
Those self-interested bitches showed their true colors.
Without mediocrity or self-interested calculations.
The political class is viewed as corrupt and self-interested.
But it is less self-interested than is a trade union.
Even if they were all rational and self-interested.
That is not self-interested in the animal sense.
A sign of clarity amongst so much self-interested confusion.
Slaves to self-interested politicians and their lobbyist puppeteers.
Human beings are obviously self-interested.
They are self-interested and prefer leisure over work.
The unions were mendacious and self-interested.
But self-interested indifference does not mean a lack of mutual concern.
When all the world is self-interested it is a worthy task.
These normative expectations presuppose participants will be self-interested.
Self-interested people who make piety their stock in trade.
There are fewer ungrateful beneficiaries than self-interested benefactors.
Seeking self-interested leading roles breaks up friendship and communion.
This is not to say that we are not powerfully self-interested.
Angela is so self-interested she thinks everything revolves around her.
He may not act for corrupt or self-interested reasons.
Politicians are not self-interested at the expense of a majority of property owners.
They could therefore easily lead to abuse by self-interested politicians.
We can actually be self-interested and altruistic at the same time.
Opportunist actions are expedient actions guided primarily by self-interested motives.
The self-interested leaders who choose to slay the innocent.
Representatives are supposed to be conduits of the people, not self-interested manipulators.
Accused by the party of self-interested opposition to their plans, he was demoted.
It was made more difficult by the attitude of reluctant or self-interested allies.
Self-interested plans are nothing but the stillborn children of their parents.
It 's a series of mismanagements and poor policies and self-interested manipulations.
A review by the most self-interested minister in the entire process is no review.
We do not have the right to adopt unilateral or self-interested approaches.
