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Meanings of self-interest in English

Portuguese
egoísmo
Catalan
egocentrisme
Spanish
egocentrismo

Concern for your own interests and welfare.

      egoísmo
      Portuguese
      oportunismo
      Catalan
      oportunisme
      Spanish
      interés propio

      Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others.

            oportunismo
            Usage of self-interest in English
            1
            Working in mutual self-interest the world community would have achieved Sustainable Growth.
            The Guardian
            2
            Against our nature, self-interest has been given too high a moral priority.
            I'm not hanging noodles on your ears and other intriguing idioms...
            3
            The WTO talks, it said, have been driven by power and self-interest.
            Reuters
            4
            Global alliances can't be constructed on the basis of narrow national self-interest.
            A journey: my political life
            5
            Why are our MPs putting blatant self-interest ahead of the Brexit vote?
            The Guardian
            6
            Issues like hacking and trade should resolve over time through mutual self-interest.
            Reuters
            7
            Let's say that every decision you've made has been based on self-interest.
            Anathem
            8
            In a couple of answers he exposed the fallacy of enlightened self-interest.
            Recent Developments in European Thought
            9
            But this is yet another warning that economic self-interest trumps imaginary contracts.
            Reuters
            10
            We have to attack this pandemic frontally in our own best self-interest.
            Jamaica Observer
            11
            The basis of neutrality, gentlemen, is not indifference; it is not self-interest.
            New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
            12
            The controlling force in politics, though not the only force, is self-interest.
            The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 / Third Edition
            13
            Even then, the process was erratic, with individual islanders' self-interest triggering conflicts.
            The Guardian
            14
            He seemed to be struggling with self-interest; great motive of human action.
            The Jealousies of a Country Town
            15
            The result is a heady mix of paranoia, a predisposition to self-interest.
            The Guardian
            16
            She had never known anyone who was so completely oblivious to self-interest.
            Dreamsnake
            Frequent collocations
            Translations for self-interest
            Self-interest through the time