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Significats de selfishness en anglès

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egoísmo
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egoisme

Placing concern with oneself above the interests of others.

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egoisme

The tendency to think of self and self-interest.

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Examples for "egotism"
Examples for "egotism"
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Then it was that in the stupidity of his egotism he said:
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
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Henceforth, you will no longer live in the selfish egotism of solitude.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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Carew was all in all: his devouring egotism swallowed up historical association.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
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At least a bank manager's money is not so tainted by egotism.
Travels With My Aunt
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Her shallowness soothed him; her inconsequent egotism helped him to forget himself.
The Masquerader
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It was an ideal style to promote a policy of 'sacred egoism'.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
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For us the future means egoism; further than that we cannot see.
The Country Doctor
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He hated them all; he felt himself crushed by this universal egoism.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
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The magnificent egoism of mankind in love struck her as distinctly diverting.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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The girl found his incredible egoism at once amusing and extremely exasperating.
Queed: A Novel
Ús de selfishness en anglès
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A disbelief in God results in selfishness, and in various moral catastrophes.
Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo...
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Russia stands for reaction; England for selfishness and perfidy; France for decadence.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
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The life that rejoices in solitude may be only rejoicing in selfishness.
Character
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The persecutions of the early Church originated partly in selfishness and superstition.
The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitu...
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It needs much discipline and watchfulness; it excludes all self-will and selfishness.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
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Still, I felt I had a right to a measure of selfishness.
The incumbent
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The old sentiment of slave-owning has disappeared before natural common-sense and selfishness.
Sally Dows
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Prisons mean social selfishness, the disowning of our own flesh and blood.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
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It was the culmination of the whole abominable selfishness of his sex.
The Mischief-Maker
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There was something in her nature that excluded the possibility of selfishness.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
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The notorious selfishness of Spartan policy is glaringly manifested in this speech.
Stories from Thucydides
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He believes that selfishness is the root of all means of destruction.
Reuters
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I could have beaten myself for my selfishness; but it was true.
Esther : a book for girls
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She mastered self and selfishness, in the very citadel of their strength.
From Jest to Earnest
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This curiosity meant more than narrow selfishness; it had a special reason.
Selected Polish Tales
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It is a sin to encourage him in such selfishness and despotism.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
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