Meanings of narrow self in English

They have their own narrow political goals, and their narrow self-interest, he said.

They rejected the notion that narrow self-interest is the only thing that motivates us.

This doesn't mean that our political beliefs are simply a reflection of our narrow self-interest.

They don't want Jews to hear these stories, but rather to close ranks behind narrow self-interest.

For they only indicate our own narrow self.

Doubts, misconceptions, prejudices, suspicions and narrow self-interest beset nations and peoples in their relations one to another.

So, as our numbers grow this also means learning to see beyond one's own narrow self interest.

The great world stories have a moral purpose -they teach us how to pursue meaning over narrow self-interest

Let us not shrink from pitting a broad self-interest against the narrow self-interest to which some would restrict us.

The passing from Trump and Biden is viewed by some analysts as being about more than just narrow self-interest in individual issues and relationships.

Warwick Hall had widened Ethelinda's horizon, until she was able to take an interest in many things now outside of her own narrow self-centred circle.

She expanded with the sorrow of poor Hagar, whose tears refreshed her, and parted her from her recent narrowing self- consciousness.